The Effect of Husbands' Education Regarding Menopausal Health on Marital Satisfaction of Their Wives
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Objectives: Marital satisfaction has an important effect on people’s mental health. Due to the increasing average age and lifeexpectancy of Iranian women, obtaining knowledge about sexual aspects of post-menopause women for partners can improvetheir health and quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effect of education for the husbands regarding menopause onmarital satisfaction of their wives. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 100 women aged 45 to 55 years old and their husbands in Yazd in2014. Subjects were randomly assigned to intervention group (50 couples) and control group (50 couples). The data gatheringtools included two questionnaires, the first one contained questions about demographic information of women and men, andthe other one was used to assess knowledge and practice in men about menopause and Enrich marital satisfaction. The secondquestionnaire was applied twice; before intervention and two months after that. In the intervention group an educational programin the form of three 60-minute sessions were conducted using speech, but the control group received no training. Analysis wasperformed through the statistical SPSS software, paired t-test, t-test and chi-square. Results: In the intervention group, two months after the educational program the knowledge of menopausal health and women'smarital satisfaction scores increased significantly (P < 0.001). But there was no significant difference in control group. Conclusions: Training menopausal health to husbands can increase women's marital satisfaction in the period of menopausaltransition. Therefore, designing and implementing educational programs for husbands is recommended. (J Menopausal Med2017;23:15-24)
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Objectives: Marital satisfaction has an important effect on people’s mental health. Due to the increasing average age and lifeexpectancy of Iranian women, obtaining knowledge about sexual aspects of post-menopause women for partners can improvetheir health and quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effect of education for the husbands regarding menopause onmarital satisfaction of their wives. Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 100 women aged 45 to 55 years old and their husbands in Yazd in2014. Subjects were randomly assigned to intervention group (50 couples) and control group (50 couples). The data gatheringtools included two questionnaires, the first one contained questions about demographic information of women and men, andthe other one was used to assess knowledge and practice in men about menopause and Enrich marital satisfaction. The secondquestionnaire was applied twice; before intervention and two months after that. In the intervention group an educational programin the form of three 60-minute sessions were conducted using speech, but the control group received no training. Analysis wasperformed through the statistical SPSS software, paired t-test, t-test and chi-square. Results: In the intervention group, two months after the educational program the knowledge of menopausal health and women'smarital satisfaction scores increased significantly (P < 0.001). But there was no significant difference in control group. Conclusions: Training menopausal health to husbands can increase women's marital satisfaction in the period of menopausaltransition. Therefore, designing and implementing educational programs for husbands is recommended. (J Menopausal Med2017;23:15-24)
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