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Perimenopause: Midwives as potential drivers for change in women's healthy ageing
1
Artesis Plantijn University College, Department of Midwifery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2
University of Antwerp, Centre for Research and Innovation in Care CRIC, Antwerp, Belgium
3
Edinburgh Napier University, School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
4
Artesis Plantijn University College, Department of Research and Innovation, Antwerpen, Belgium
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A690
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Perimenopause can greatly impact women’s quality of life through physical and mental symptoms, which are influenced by factors like lifestyle, socio demographics, and health history. Tailored health counselling can help alleviate burdensome symptoms in (peri)menopausal, unfortunately many healthcare providers lack adequate training in (peri)menopausal care. Raising awareness and improving access to health interventions are vital for women’s healthy aging. (Student) midwives, already involved in reproductive care, are well positioned to support women through the (peri)menopausal transition.
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the effect of a tailor-made, evidence based health promotion and lifestyle change plan, in a menopausal consult (with a student midwife), on (peri)menopausal symptoms in Flemish and Dutch women.
METHODS:
A prospective cohort pre-post study was conducted in Flanders and the Netherlands to assess (peri)menopausal symptoms using the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS), comprising 21 items measuring symptom frequency and intensity. Between February 2018 and February 2023, first-year midwifery students each collected data on one (peri)menopausal woman (aged 40–65), including anamnesis, clinical observations, and GCS-scores. Under supervision, students developed individual tailored health promotion and lifestyle plans targeting the three most burdensome symptoms. Data analysis was conducted by two lecturer-researchers using non-parametric statistical methods to evaluate the effects of a tailored health counselling by midwifery students on symptom severity in (peri)menopausal women.
RESULTS:
For 325 (peri)menopausal women pre-intervention data were collected, of which 182 provided post-intervention GCS-scores. Overall, total GCS-scores decreased significantly between pre- and post measures. The mean total GCS pre-intervention score was 18,25 (SD±8.53) compared to the mean total GCS post-intervention score of 15,87 (SD±7.57;p <.001), resulting in a small effect size (Cohen’s d= .42, 95%CI=.27-.58).
CONCLUSIONS:
Elementary health promotion and life style counselling by student midwives significantly reduced (peri)menopausal symptoms in Flemish and Dutch women.
KEY MESSAGE:
Tailored perimenopausal care by midwives could play a pivotal role in healthy aging for women. Poster session 2 (Group A)
Perimenopause can greatly impact women’s quality of life through physical and mental symptoms, which are influenced by factors like lifestyle, socio demographics, and health history. Tailored health counselling can help alleviate burdensome symptoms in (peri)menopausal, unfortunately many healthcare providers lack adequate training in (peri)menopausal care. Raising awareness and improving access to health interventions are vital for women’s healthy aging. (Student) midwives, already involved in reproductive care, are well positioned to support women through the (peri)menopausal transition.
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the effect of a tailor-made, evidence based health promotion and lifestyle change plan, in a menopausal consult (with a student midwife), on (peri)menopausal symptoms in Flemish and Dutch women.
METHODS:
A prospective cohort pre-post study was conducted in Flanders and the Netherlands to assess (peri)menopausal symptoms using the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS), comprising 21 items measuring symptom frequency and intensity. Between February 2018 and February 2023, first-year midwifery students each collected data on one (peri)menopausal woman (aged 40–65), including anamnesis, clinical observations, and GCS-scores. Under supervision, students developed individual tailored health promotion and lifestyle plans targeting the three most burdensome symptoms. Data analysis was conducted by two lecturer-researchers using non-parametric statistical methods to evaluate the effects of a tailored health counselling by midwifery students on symptom severity in (peri)menopausal women.
RESULTS:
For 325 (peri)menopausal women pre-intervention data were collected, of which 182 provided post-intervention GCS-scores. Overall, total GCS-scores decreased significantly between pre- and post measures. The mean total GCS pre-intervention score was 18,25 (SD±8.53) compared to the mean total GCS post-intervention score of 15,87 (SD±7.57;p <.001), resulting in a small effect size (Cohen’s d= .42, 95%CI=.27-.58).
CONCLUSIONS:
Elementary health promotion and life style counselling by student midwives significantly reduced (peri)menopausal symptoms in Flemish and Dutch women.
KEY MESSAGE:
Tailored perimenopausal care by midwives could play a pivotal role in healthy aging for women. Poster session 2 (Group A)
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