Evaluation of a Smart Health Community for menopausal women in Australia - Pilot feasibility and acceptability study

INTERVENTION: Participants will be allocated to either the group + digital intervention, one to one + digital intervention or digital intervention alone. 1. Group Intervention The women in the Group Intervention will receive the digital intervention as well as a 1.5‐hour telehealth meeting each week, with a Registered Nurse and General Practitioner, for 6 consecutive weeks. This meeting will be conducted via Telehealth and will be GP led and nurse supported. Session attendance checklists will be used to monitor attendance. The purpose of the Group appointment will be to enable women to share their lived experience of the Menopause, understand their clinical symptoms and engage in psychoeducation and behavioural interventions, to assist their transition. The digital intervention will serve as a prompt for exploring behaviours. i.e., which ever video they watched that week, we will encourage questions and explore motivation for change on that topic. Session attendance checklists will be used to monitor attendance. 2. One on one intervention Participants in the one‐on‐one program, will be enrolled in the Digital Intervention and undertake an additional 1‐hour comprehensive assessment by a General Practitioner followed by a 6‐week 30‐minute telehealth behavioural coaching program. The one‐on‐one comprehensive assessment will be undertaken by a General Practitioner and Registered Nurse in a clinic setting. It will include Menopausal medical history, screening and health behaviour assessment and development of treatment plan according to patient centred goals. The following 6 weeks will involve a 30 min Telehealth consultation with a Naturopath or Registered Nurse. These consultations will be psychoeducation and motivational interviewing to encourage behavioural modif CONDITION: Menopause; ; Menopause Reproductive Health and Childbirth ‐ Menstruation and menopause PRIMARY OUTCOME: Participant drop out rates assessed by attendance reports [Post‐completion of 6 week program] Participant session attendance assessed by attendance reports[Post‐completion of 6 week program] Qualitative interview data (participants reports of acceptability and feasibility assessed via interview). The format will be semi‐structured and ask questions regarding the content of the program. The interviews will be conducted by a trained member of the research team who was not involved in conducting the intervention and will be audio recorded.[Post‐completion of 6 week program] SECONDARY OUTCOME: Beliefs about menopause (Menopause Representations Questionnaire)[Baseline and post‐completion of 6 week program] Hot flash severity (Hot Flash Related Daily Interference Scale)[Assessed at baseline and post‐completion of 6 week program] Menopause symptoms (Greene Climacteric Scale)[Baseline and post‐completion of 6 week program] Quality of life (Utian Quality of Life Scale)[Baseline and post‐completion of 6 week program] INCLUSION CRITERIA: Aged between 45 and 65 years of age; self‐reported experience of menopause and impact on functioning at work.