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Show Maturation 2.0: Menopause Group Education space Alyssa Moxley, BSN, RN; Katie Ward, DNP, WHNP-BC; Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD, MAcOM, LAc Key Take Away Group education empowers and educates individuals in the menopause transition, so they may better understand their own physiology as well as access appropriate, evidence-based care when indicated. Background Results • Up to 80% of women experience at least one vasomotor symptom of menopause for an average of 7.4 years. • Group education has been found in multiple studies to improve knowledge, symptoms, and attitudes toward menopause. • Knowledge about menopause improved as demonstrated by increased mean quiz scores. • Symptom scores decreased 8 weeks following intervention, though this did not reach statistical significance (p-value=0.914). • Attitude measures improved somewhat for select survey questions. • Satisfaction: Participants rated Maturation 2.0 very highly. On a scale of 4 to 20, Mean Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) score was 18. Methods Symptoms Pre-Intervention (N=22) 72 70 64 65 60 55 54 50 Mean Menopause-Specific Quality of Life score (0-7) Mean Quiz Score (%) 75 3.17 2.8 3 2.72 2.61 2.48 1.92 2 1.48 1.51 2.37 1.67 Conclusions 1 Post 8 Weeks Vasomotor Pyschosocial Participant Satisfaction 10 8-Week Follow-Up (N=19) 0 Pre Mean Rating (1-10) • Quality improvement project: menopause group education. • Sample: 22 women in Utah ages 37-58 years • Intervention: A Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and a Licensed Acupuncturist led two virtual menopause education sessions. • Review: Surveys were completed before, after, and eight weeks following the intervention. Participants were assessed regarding their knowledge, symptoms, and attitude toward menopause as well as their feedback for the course. Knowledge Physical Sexual All 8.7 9.2 9.2 Format Content Likelihood to recommend 5 0 • Maturation 2.0 resulted in improved knowledge, symptoms, and attitudes toward menopause. Participants reported high satisfaction. • Practice change: Maturation 2.0 will continue to be offered and will be adjusted to fit feedback and needs of the community. @uofunursing @utnurseresearch |
