self-awareness counseling on quality of life of menopausal women

Background: counseling interventions are among the available strategies to improve the menopausal quality of life and selfawareness counseling is effective in improving adaptation, self-confidence and quality of life. therefore, the present study aimed to examine effects of self-awareness counseling on quality of life of menopausal women in gorgan, iran. methods: in this clinical trial, we examined 52 menopause women referred to health centers of gorgan, iran in 2018. data collection tools included a demographic characteristics form and the menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire. first, the control group completed the data collection tools at the beginning of the study and 6 and 10 weeks after the first session. then the intervention group completed the tools at base line and participated in six 45-60-minute self-awareness-based group counseling sessions, once a week. after that, they were completed questionnaire, immediately and a month after the end of the intervention. data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. results: in the intervention group, the baseline mean scores of menopausal quality of life and its vasomotor, physical, psychosocial and sexual domains were 55.69±19.47, 5.30±4.57, 30.26±12.24, 12.15±6.64 and 7.96±5.34, respectively. a month after the intervention, the mean scores of menopausal quality of life (30.42±19.64) and its vasomotor (2.65±2.33), physical (16.38±8.64), psychosocial (7.19±4.63) and sexual (4.19±3.42) domains increased significantly in the intervention group (p=0.001). in between group comparison, except for the psychosocial domain, the mean scores of quality of life and its various domains showed a statistically significant difference in one month after the intervention (p=0.001). conclusion: the menopausal quality of life and its various domains improved one month after the end of self-awareness counseling. therefore, we recommend offering self-awareness counseling in health centers for improving the quality of life of menopausal women.