Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

Abstract

Abstract

Background and aim:

more complications during this period of life. Men may also experience menopause. Improvement

and treating the complications is based on the correcting the life style. The purpose of this study was

to evaluate the effect of a counseling procedure on the life style of menopausal women and their

husbands.

Materials and methods:

their husbands were selected from Mohammadiyeh medical health center in Hamadan participated in

the study. The participants were randomly divided to control and interventional groups. Initially, life

style information was collected by a questionnaire through interview. Counseling about nutritional

habits and physical exercise was performed for one hour in participants' houses. After two months

there was first post test. Another counseling session and post test was performed similar to first one.

Data was analyzed by Mc Nemar, Paired T test, Wilcoxon, Independent T test and Chi- square tests,

using SPSS 13.

Findings:

of life style, before and after of first and secondary counseling process in women and men in

intervention groups (P<0.05).

Conclusion:

menopausal women and their husbands. Counseling with couples particularly in their houses, is an

effective intervention for improving of participants' life style.

Keywords:

Corresponding Author:

Coach and Member of Research Center for Child and Maternity Care, Hamadan University of Medical

Sciences and Health Services, Hamadan, Iran.

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