An interventional study of Compassionate Mind Training in Menopause, sponsored by University College, London. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to female participants aged 40 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-07.
Sponsored by University College, London · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Menopause transition occurs naturally for women aged 45-55. In addition to the hormone changes, there are often changes in other areas of life including low mood, anxiety, 'brain fog' and embarrassment. Some people may not be eligible for or want to receive hormone replacement therapy, therefore psychological treatments for menopause have been investigated. There is growing evidence for the use of Compassionate Mind Training (CMT). CMT aims to reduce feelings of self-criticism and shame which are commonly reported by adults experiencing the menopause, by helping individuals to take better care of themselves, known as self-compassion. Findings show menopausal individuals who are more self-critical may be more vulnerable to difficulties during menopause. Therefore, CMT could help manage this. CMT improves self-compassion and reduces depressive symptoms, with group formats found to be more effective than individual or self-help. A previous study of online self-help CMT for the menopause received positive feedback for the therapy and people improved in several areas including self-compassion. Clearly, there could be benefits to offering CMT as a treatment for menopause. Given that group CMT is effective in other populations and groups are more economical and practical for the NHS, this study is interested in looking at the impact of group CMT on menopause.
This study aims to find out how practical and suitable group CMT is for improving the wellbeing of adults experiencing the menopause, and what their views are on the therapy and taking part in the study. To measure the aims, we will look at the ease of recruiting people to the study, whether they are happy to be randomly allocated to receive the therapy or not, whether they stay in the study, the number of completed questionnaires and feedback from participants. It will also look at whether there have been any changes in different domains e.g. anxiety and self-compassion. This will be done through a variety of quantitative and qualitative outcomes.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Online Compassionate Mind Training
Other: Compassionate Mind Training
Treatment as usual
Participants will attend 6 x 90-minute online CMT sessions. CMT is delivered by combining taught information, exercises, and practices. It is effective, so the aim is to explore its use with menopausal women.
Also known as: CMT
The Revised Women's Health Questionnaire
Measures health-related quality of life by measuring perceptions of physical and emotional experiences of middle-aged women. All subscales are scored from yes, definitely (1) to no, not at all (4) with subscales scored with a scoring algorithm transforming each score to a 0-100 scale.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
36-Item Short Form Survey
Measures quality of life. Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale on the assumption that each question carries equal weight. The lower the score the more disability.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
The Menopause Representations Questionnaire (MRQ)
Measure to assess beliefs about menopause. It consists of 20 items, scored either no (0), uncertain (1) or yes (2). Higher scores indicate more beliefs about the menopause.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
Fears of Compassion Scale
Measures fears of compassion. It has 38 items, scored either dont agree at all (0) to completely agree (4) on a Likert scale. There are three subscales, subscale items are summed, with higher scores indicating higher fears of compassion.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Measures severity of depression. Score from 0-27, higher scores represent higher severity of symptoms of depression.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
Measures severity of anxiety. Score from 0-21, higher scores represent higher severity of symptoms of anxiety.
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
The forms of Self Criticising/Attaching & Self-reassuring scale (FSCRS) SELF-REASSURING SCALE (FSCR
Measures self criticism and the ability to self-reassure. It is a 22-item scale with the items making up three components; inadequate self, hatred self and self-reassure. Responses are given on a 5-point likert scale (0 = not at all lime me, to 4 = extremely like me). Higher scores indicate a greater sense of inadequacy (score 0-20), self-hate (score 0-16), and self-reassurance (score 0-20).
Time frame: To be completed within one week before and within one week after the intervention
Post intervention interviews
Qualitative data on experiences from the group
Time frame: Within 5 weeks post intervention
Plan to share: No
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