Regardless of culture, race or social and economic background, all women experience menopause in their life (Bachmann, 1998).Menopause is defined as the permanent cessation of menstruation as a result of the loss of ovarian activity and is diagnosed after 12 months of amenorrhoea (Phipps et al., 2010). From an endocrinological view, this process of reproductive ageing is characterised by a progressive rise in serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels associated with a decrease in serum oestradiol levels (Burger et al., 1999), although current evidence suggests stage-specific variation in this general pattern (Santoro et al., 1996). Some postmenopausal women experience several symptoms that significantly decrease quality of life. A case in point that is a cause for concern in postmenopausal women is sleeping problems, especially insomnia and overall sleep difficulty (Hachul et al., 2009). The clinical picture of insomnia after menopause is similar to common insomnia, which is a non-specific complaint of difficulty in
Background. The COVID-19 crisis encouraged policymakers, regulators and payers to use remote health care. Objectives. This study was conducted to investigate the awareness and practice of midwifery as a remote service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and methods. This is a descriptive research in which the views and practices of 600 midwives from all over Iran were assessed using a web-based questionnaire as a data collection tool. A hyperlink to the questionnaire was shared in social media groups dedicated to midwife members. Results. 62.7% of the midwives participating in the study considered telemedicine to be applicable in health services. However, most of them still provided specialised services in person during the COVID-19 pandemic, and provision of remote services was limited to telephone counselling. The awareness and practice of midwives in this field were not appropriate. A significant relationship of midwives' awareness and practice with their age, previous work and education was observed (p < 0.01). Conclusions. As far as provision of specialised midwifery services through telemedicine is concerned, the awareness and practice of midwives are limited to the provision of telephone counselling, thus it is necessary to provide technological and educational infrastructure to set the stage for providing comprehensive midwifery services through telemedicine.
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