Nursing Caries, Surgical Menopause, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
Nursing support program, Roy Adaptation Model, Depressive symptom status, Sleep quality
Brief summary
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model on the quality of life, sleep quality and depressive symptom status of women in surgical menopause. Design: The study was a single-center, randomized, controlled trial. Setting: This study was carried out in the gynecology clinic of a training and research hospital in Türkiye. Method: The participants were randomized into two equal groups: intervention and control. The nursing support program developed in addition to routine nursing care was applied to the intervention group. Routine nursing care was given to the women in the control group. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnare, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Perimenopausal Depression Scale. Hypothesis: H0-a: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the quality of life of women who have undergone surgical menopause. H0-b: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the sleep quality of women who have undergone surgical menopause. H0-c: Nursing support program developed in line with the Roy Adaptation Model has no effect on the depressive symptom status of women who have undergone surgical menopause.
Interventions
It was discussed about the operation and surgical menopause that the woman will undergo after hospitalization for the operation. Education was given including the problems experienced during menopause and the approaches used to cope with them. Progressive relaxation exercises were taught and practiced. In order to carry out these procedures, an interview of approximately 45-60 minutes was held with each woman. During the program, four planned meetings were held. One of them was face-to-face and the others were phone calls. During the phone calls, the symptoms experienced by the women and their coping methods were discussed and the questions of the women were answered. The average of each phone call was 20-30 minutes.
OTHERRoutine nursing care
Routine nursing care was given to the control group. The clinical routine has not been exceeded. It includes discharge training for the surgery.
Sponsors
Mehtap Gümüşay
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* To have undergone surgical menopause * To be literate * To agree to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* To have natural menopause before the operation * To have an oncological disease * To have a psychiatric disease * To use sleeping pills * To use hormonal therapy * To have physical and mental disability * To have barrier to communication
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Life quality | 6 months | Women's quality of life was evaluated with the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 4 sub-dimensions. The score for each dimension is calculated separately. High scores from the questionnaire indicate low quality of life. |
| Sleep quality | 6 months | Sleep quality of women was evaluated with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The index consists of 7 sub-dimensions. The score for each dimension is calculated separately. |
| Depressive symptom status | 6 months | Depressive symptom status of women was evaluated with the Perimenopausal Depression Scale. The scale consists of 5 subscales. Minimum point is 0 an maximum point is 48. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed