Table 1.

Distribution of median scores from the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), the Menopause Knowledge Evaluation Form (MKEF), and the Menopausal Attitude Assessment Scale (MAAS) before and after intervention

	Before intervention		After intervention		z; p
	Median	25–75%	Median	25–75%
MRS
Somatic	5.00	3.00–8.25	5.00	2.00–7.00	2.740; 0.006
Psychological	7.00	4.00–10.00	6.00	3.00–9.25	1.986; 0.047
Urogenital	3.00	1.00–5.25	3.00	1.00–5.00	0.230; 0.818
Total	14.50	10.00–22.00	14.00	7.75–21.00	2.674; 0.007
MKEF
Total score	22.00	18.00–25.00	27.00	20.00–29.50	4.933; 0.000
MAAS
Positive emotional	11.00	8.00–13.00	12.00	9.75–14.00	2.620; 0.009
Negative emotional	5.00	3.00–7.00	6.00	4.00–8.00	2.980; 0.003
Family relations	8.00	5.75–9.00	8.00	6.00–9.00	0.246; 0.806
Behavioral	4.00	2.00–6.00	5.00	3.00–6.00	1.478; 0.140