Effects of Internet - Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Sleep Problems Among Sample of Post- Menopausal

As life expectancy has increased, women spend more than one-third of their lives in menopausal transition (MT) and the subsequent post menopause (PM).As a result of hormonal changes women experiences such symptoms as hot flashes, mood swings, anxiety, and sexual dysfunction that deteriorate their quality of life. Those symptoms usually begin in 45-53-year-olds and it varies in onset and severity from women to another and from country to another. Symptoms of sleep problems include the difficulty of falling asleep, fractioned sleep, night-time awakening, the inability of resuming sleep, problems in waking up, fatigue, and daytime sleepiness that potentiate poor physical and mental quality of life. The goal of CBT is to teach women how to modify maladaptive behaviors and thoughts that may contribute to a particular problem as sleep problems, anxious thoughts, and vasomotor symptoms