the effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychology approach on quality-of-life in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

Background: positive psychology can improve the quality of life of postmenopausal women. objectives: this study was conducted to determine the effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychological approach on the quality-of-life of postmenopausal women.methods: this randomized controlled trial was conducted on 70 eligible postmenopausal women (each group=35). the experimental group received eight telephone counseling sessions with a positive psychology approach. data were collected using questionnaires (demographic characteristics, menopausal women’s quality-of-life (menqol), and depression anxiety stress scale (dass-21) on social media platforms (whatsapp), before, immediately, and 2 months after the intervention. data were analyzed using chi-square, independent t-test, friedman, and mann-whitney tests in spss 16 software.results: the mean (sd) of quality-of-life score two months after the intervention in the experimental group was 15.50 (7.62) and in the control group was 25.19 (12.19). the mean quality-of-life scores in the experimental group were lower than the scores of the control group. this significant difference remained in the experimental group until follow-up, two months after the intervention (p <0.001). friedman’s test also showed that the quality-of-life variable in the experimental group had a statistically significant change in different phases (p<0.001). according to the median scores, the quality-of-life has improved over time.conclusion: telephone counseling with a positive psychology approach can improve quality-of-life in postmenopausal women. given this, it is recommended that positive interventions be used to promote mental health during menopause, among other methods to improve health.