Yoshany Nooshin, Morowatisharifabad Mohammad Ali, Mihanpour Hamideh, Bahri Narjes, Jadgal Khair Mohammad
Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Elderly Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
J Menopausal Med. 2017 Apr;23(1):15-24. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.1.15. Epub 2017 Apr 28.
Marital satisfaction has an important effect on people's mental health. Due to the increasing average age and life expectancy of Iranian women, obtaining knowledge about sexual aspects of post-menopause women for partners can improve their health and quality of life. This study aimed to determine the effect of education for the husbands regarding menopause on marital satisfaction of their wives.
This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 100 women aged 45 to 55 years old and their husbands in Yazd in 2014. Subjects were randomly assigned to intervention group (50 couples) and control group (50 couples). The data gathering tools included two questionnaires, the first one contained questions about demographic information of women and men, and the other one was used to assess knowledge and practice in men about menopause and Enrich marital satisfaction. The second questionnaire was applied twice; before intervention and two months after that. In the intervention group an educational program in the form of three 60-minute sessions were conducted using speech, but the control group received no training. Analysis was performed through the statistical SPSS software, paired -test, -test and chi-square.
In the intervention group, two months after the educational program the knowledge of menopausal health and women's marital satisfaction scores increased significantly (<0.001). But there was no significant difference in control group.
Training menopausal health to husbands can increase women's marital satisfaction in the period of menopausal transition. Therefore, designing and implementing educational programs for husbands is recommended.
婚姻满意度对人们的心理健康有重要影响。由于伊朗女性的平均年龄和预期寿命不断增加，让伴侣了解绝经后女性的性方面知识可以改善她们的健康和生活质量。本研究旨在确定对丈夫进行绝经相关教育对其妻子婚姻满意度的影响。
2014年，在亚兹德对100名年龄在45至55岁的女性及其丈夫进行了这项随机对照试验。受试者被随机分为干预组（50对夫妇）和对照组（50对夫妇）。数据收集工具包括两份问卷，第一份包含有关男性和女性人口统计学信息的问题，另一份用于评估男性对绝经和婚姻满意度丰富度的知识及实践情况。第二份问卷在干预前和干预后两个月各应用一次。在干预组，以三次60分钟课程的形式通过演讲开展了一个教育项目，而对照组未接受任何培训。通过统计软件SPSS进行分析，采用配对检验、t检验和卡方检验。
在干预组，教育项目开展两个月后，男性对更年期健康的知识以及女性的婚姻满意度得分显著提高（P<0.001）。但对照组没有显著差异。
向丈夫传授更年期健康知识可以提高女性在绝经过渡期间的婚姻满意度。因此，建议为丈夫设计并实施教育项目。
