TY - JOUR JF - IJME JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Education VL - 11 IS - 8 PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/3/01 TI - The Effect of Structured Educational Program by Support Group on Menopause Women’s Quality of Life TT - تأثیر برنامه آموزشی ساختارمند با شیوه گروه حمایتی بر کیفیت زندگی زنان یائسه N2 - Introduction: Measuring the quality of life among menopause women is one of the efficiency proofs in health education hence, this study was conducted to determine the effect of structured educational program by support group on quality of life among menopause women. Methods: In a single blind field study from August to December 2011 in Saadatmandy health care center of Robat Karim town, 110 menopause women meeting inclusion criteria were selected through convenience sampling method. After taking the consent form, they were randomly allocated to either of the control or support group (55 subjects in each group). The support group was divided into 6 groups (5 groups of 9 and a group of 10 subjects). The educational program was performed in predetermined days of the week and for 10 consecutive sessions of 120 minutes.The scores for quality of life level achieved before the educational program and a month after that were compared using Menopause specific quality of life questionnaire (MENQOL). No intervention was done in control group. Results: The execution of structured educational program by support group in intervention group indicated a statistically significant difference in quality of life level among menopause women (reduction of symptoms from 153.76±38.61 to 113.31±24.35, P SP - 986 EP - 994 AU - Yazdkhasti, Mansooreh AU - Keshavarz, Maryam AU - Merghati Khoei, Effat AU - Hosseini, Agha Fatemeh AD - KW - Structured educational program KW - support group KW - quality of life KW - menopause women KW - Health education UR - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1515-en.html ER -