The goal of this feasibility study/clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a CBT group programme (MENOS protocol) for hot flushes and night sweats for National Health Service (in The United Kingdom) healthcare workers experiencing difficult menopause symptoms to inform how to run a larger definitive randomised controlled trial in the future. The main questions it aims to answer is: \[Primary Outcomes\] (1) Is the approach of the study feasible (possible to do) and acceptable (Do participants think it is a good approach) in terms of recruitment, completion of measures and the use of a control arm? (2) Is the CBT group (MENOS protocol) intervention feasible and acceptable for the participants based on retention, satisfaction, acceptability and feasibility ratings of the intervention and participant feedback? \[Secondary Outcomes\] (3) Are the menopause and work-related outcome questionnaires able to capturing change to inform the selection of measures for a future definitive Randomised Controlled Trial? (4) Did the participants find completing self-reported memory measures acceptable? Participants will be allocated to an intervention and control arm but the arms will not be compared as this is a feasibility study not designed to test the effectiveness of the intervention. Rather it is to evaluate the acceptability of a control arm and the approach of the study for a future larger trial. Intervention Participants will be: asked to attend a 6 x 2hours weekly CBT group therapy sessions for menopause related Hot flushes and Night Sweats. Intervention Participants will be invited to take part in a focus group post intervention. All participants (Control and Intervention arm) will be asked to complete online survey at pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 3-months after the end of the intervention. At the end of the study, the control arm will be offered a guided self-help CBT book of the programme.
Age range
40 Years – 60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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Number of participants recruited
Timeframe: 10 weeks. Between March 22nd and June 1st 2025
Number of participants allocated to the intervention retained.
Timeframe: 9 weeks - includes the 6 week intervention and allocation run in time.
Number of weekly Intervention CBT sessions attended.
Timeframe: Collected over the 6 weeks of the intervention.
AIM measures. The Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) [5]
Timeframe: 7 weeks after start of intervention.
The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) [6]
Timeframe: 7 weeks after start of intervention.
Percentage of completion of online survey measures.
Timeframe: Baseline, 7 weeks and 18 weeks.
Non-validated questions on randomisation
Timeframe: 7 weeks after start of intervention.