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Leslie B Snyder¹, Katherine M Newton², Hui Xin Ng³

¹Department of Communication, University of Connecticut, 377 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1259, USA.

|June 12, 2025

Abstract

Objective:

Assess the impact of a new website, MyMenoplan.org, on menopause knowledge, decision-making progress, treatment and coping intentions among people experiencing perimenopause and menopause. The website was designed to provide women and their clinicians with comprehensive, evidence-based information and decision-making tools about a broad range of symptoms and treatments, address common questions and facilitate conversations with clinicians when desired.

Study Design:

Women were recruited online and randomized to interact with the MyMenoplan.org website created by MsFLASH investigators (n = 200) or control websites (n = 210) for at least 20 min before completing an online survey. Women in the control arm could choose any website(s), including three suggested high-quality websites from governmental or non-profit organizations. Fraud-detection protocols were followed. Outcome differences by arm were estimated via adjusted linear regression models.

Primary Outcomes:

Behavioral change intentions, menopause knowledge, decision-making progress, and user website experience.

Results:

99 % of controls visited at least one recommended website. Compared with the control arm, the MyMenoplan.org arm reported significantly higher levels of intent to change treatment (3.87 vs. 3.61), knowledge of menopause symptoms and treatments (4.17 vs. 3.85), treatment decision-making progress (3.94 vs. 3.71), clarity about benefits and risks of treatments (4.04 vs. 3.81), perceived website quality (4.05 vs. 3.70), intentions to return to the website (4.40 vs. 3.97), and likelihood of recommending it to others (4.35 vs. 4.04; each p < 0.001).

Conclusion:

MyMenoplan.org is the first NIH-funded website shown to be effective in helping women learn and make decisions about management of the menopause transition. The website serves as a model for providing much-needed, evidence-based information for health-care providers and women nearing or in perimenopause and menopause.

Clinical Trial Registration Number:

ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05299983.

Keywords:

Decision making Knowledge Menopause Randomized controlled trial Treatment intentions Website

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