[Health education on menopause: consensus on its contents].
OBJECTIVE
To define the standard knowledge women should have about the menopause in order to confront this stage successfully.


METHODS
Use of the Delphi technique to reach consensus with experts at a national level.


METHODS
43 professionals were chosen from the biological, psychological and social health fields, who had professional experience in women's problems at this stage of their lives, and/or authors of books, articles, doctoral theses and other documents on the menopause.


RESULTS
Through three mailings, we obtained the views of 37 (86.04%) of the experts about the knowledge a woman should have of the menopause and the importance attached to each facet of this knowledge. Combining both criteria enabled us to classify the 266 Conceptual Elements (CE) that were expressed into three categories according to their relevance to women's knowledge.


CONCLUSIONS
The Conceptual Framework on the Menopause is made up of a total of 173 CE, structured in 4 dimensions: biological aspects (23.12%), psychological and social aspects (24.8%), health risks (10.98%), and care, prevention and health promotion activities concerning the menopause (41.4%). This last dimension contained the highest percentage of specially relevant material (47.88% Level I CE).
García Padilla
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FM
Universidad de Huelva, ZBS Los Rosales y Molino de la Vega, Huelva.
Toronjo Gómez
A M
AM
López Santos
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V
Contreras Martín
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A
Toscano Márquez
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D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000517:prevention & control; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment
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