NCT05603234

Symptom Monitoring and Menopausal Symptoms

Evaluating the Effects of Symptom Monitoring on Physical & Emotional Outcomes During Menopause: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of South Wales · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A recent systematic review suggested that symptom monitoring can result in reductions in menopausal symptoms and improvements in health-related behaviours. To date, no studies have experimentally investigated whether symptom monitoring could be beneficial as an intervention for menopausal women. One hundred menopausal women were randomised into either a Monitoring-intervention or Control group. A mixed between/ within design was employed, with group membership (i.e., Monitoring-intervention or Control) as the between-subjects component, and time (i.e., baseline and 2-weeks follow-up) as the within-subjects component. Dependent variables included symptom reductions and emotional reactions. Secondary outcomes included help-seeking, communication, medical decision-making, health awareness, self-efficacy, and health anxiety.

Conditions

• Menopause

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Symptom Monitoring	Reporting symptoms each day via a symptom questionnaire

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-14
• Primary completion: 2021-10-14
• Completion: 2021-10-14
• First posted: 2022-11-02
• Last updated: 2025-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom