The effect of Self-care education on health promoting lifestyle in postmenopausal women in Qazvin in 1997

Determine the effect of self-care education on health promoting lifestyle in postmenopausal women

In this study, 84 samples of postmenopausal women referring to Qazvin comprehensive health centers are randomly divided into intervention and control groups and each participant is assigned a code.

In this study, among postmenopausal women referring to these centers, if they had the inclusion criteria by random allocation method, they were divided into intervention and control groups, and after obtaining written informed consent, a questionnaire for demographic information, a light measurement questionnaire Health promotion life is completed in two groups. In the intervention group, filling the health promotion lifestyle questionnaire in one and two months after the end of the intervention, and in the control group only filling in the questionnaire in one and two months later.

Criteria for entering the study: Natural menopause, passing one year from the last menstruation, non-participation in other similar studies, having a contact number for follow up, ability to speak in Persian, The desire to participate in the study Exit criteria: the use of any alternative hormone drugs in the past 3 months or during the study, receiving any training on menopause, by other means , The need for surgical interventions, mental illness, according to the person in the last 6 months, the use of alcohol or tobacco (cigarettes, hookahs, etc.), the use of a particular diet (water therapy, vegetarianism, crustaceans and so on). ..)

The intervention group, 4 sessions, 60 to 90 minutes, will have a group of 5 to 12 people. A booklet is presented in accordance with the educational materials.

Health promoting lifestyle

The study will use a multi-stage sampling method. First, the city of Qazvin, according to its urban areas, is divided into 3 urban areas and one of the centers of urban health in each region is randomly selected cluster center and from among postmenopausal women referring to these centers The available form will be sampled and women will be included in the study if they meet the criteria for entering the study after completing the written consent. They are then randomly allocated into two groups of intervention and control, in which 84 pieces of paper are written on half of that control word and the other half of the intervention written by the person after signing the consent from one of the envelopes of the paper. has it

Blind technique is used to reduce possible bias in the results. Blindness should be done correctly, ie groups that have the potential to cause bias in the study, our study priority is to be blinded one by one and the information analyst is not aware of the control or interference of the samples. Samples in both groups are aware of which groups are in the study. The researcher also has the knowledge to provide the training in the intervention group.The information analyzer receives information in the form of numerical codes in two groups, because their control or intervention is unknown.