Effectiveness of the teach-back method in improving self-care activities in postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Menopause is a physiological process during which women can improve their quality of life by taking proper self-care measures. Performing self-care requires proper and effective training. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of self-care training programs based on the teach-back method on the self-care status in postmenopausal women.

Material and methods

The present clinical trial was conducted in 2016 in Gonabad, in the east of Iran. Eighty postmenopausal women, whose last menstrual period was 1-5 years earlier, were randomly allocated to an intervention group (n = 40) and a control group (n = 40). The intervention group attended four 45-minute sessions of a training program based on the teach-back method on the principles of

SUBMITTER: Bahri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5925194 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature