Diyang Qu, Xuan Zhang, Dongyu Liu, Bowen Liu, Dongyang Chen, Chengxi Cai, Jing An, Shekhar Saxena, Runsen Chen
Effectiveness of a school-based Life Gatekeeper Training Program on suicide prevention in China: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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aging associated many different healthrelated challenges women menopause associated problems selfcare sc factor potential effects menopause consequences sc education based health literacy potential improve menopausal womens sc aim study evaluate effects sc education based health literacy index hli sc quality life qol among menopausal women randomized clinical trial conducted iran participants 100 menopausal women purposively recruited five comprehensive healthcare centers south tehran randomly allocated control intervention group block randomization intervention hlibased sc education program implemented four 15hour weekly sessions lecture group discussion question answer methods data collected eight weeks intervention using demographic questionnaire health literacy iranian adults scale menopausespecific quality life questionnaire menopausal selfcare questionnaire spss software v 220 used analyze data chisquare fishers exact pairedsample independentsample tests well analysis covariance significance level less 005 significant differences intervention control groups respecting pretest mean scores qol 8815 3236 vs 796 3699 sc 10475 1231 vs 10332 138 p 005 however posttest mean scores qol sc intervention group significantly differed control group 6644 2841vs 813 3804 1256 1123 vs 1026 1434 p 005 hlibased sc education effective significantly improving menopausal womens qol sc used improve healthrelated outcomes among menopausal women clinical trial registration research registered 24032020 wwwthaiclinicaltrialsorg registration number tctr20200324002