en Midwifery Orginal research <span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span> <span new="" roman="" times="">Positive psychology can improve the quality of life of postmenopausal women. </span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Objectives:</span></i> </b><span style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span><span new="" roman="" times="">This study was conducted to determine the effect of telephone counseling with a positive psychological approach on the quality-of-life of postmenopausal women.</span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"> </span><span style="color:black">This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 70 eligible postmenopausal women (each group=35). The experimental group received eight telephone counseling sessions with a positive psychology approach. Data were collected using questionnaires (demographic characteristics, menopausal women&#39;s quality-of-life (MENQOL), and depression anxiety stress scale (DASS-21) on social media platforms (WhatsApp), before, immediately, and 2 months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using chi-square, independent t-test, Friedman, and Mann-Whitney tests in SPSS 16 software.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results:</span></i></b></span> <span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times="">The mean (SD) of quality-of-life </span></span><span new="" roman="" times="">score </span><span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times="">two months after the intervention in the experimental group was 15.50 (7.62) and in the control group was 25.19 (12.19).</span></span> <span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times="">The mean quality-of-life scores in the experimental group were lower than the scores of the control group. This significant difference remained in the experimental group until follow-up, two months after the intervention (P <0.001)</span></span><span new="" roman="" times="">. Friedman&#39;s test also showed that the quality-of-life variable in the experimental group had a statistically significant change in different phases (P<0.001). According to the median scores, the quality-of-life has improved over time.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b></span> <span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times="">Telephone counseling with a positive psychology approach can improve quality-of-life in postmenopausal women.</span></span> <span lang="EN"><span new="" roman="" times="">Given this, it is recommended that positive interventions be used to promote mental health during menopause, among other methods to improve health</span></span><span new="" roman="" times="">.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:red"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Menopause, Quality-of-Life, Positive Psychology, Telephone Counseling 72 83 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-933-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shifteh Hashemzadeh Shifteh.h@yahoo.com 100319475328460013821 0009-0004-6318-2830 No Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Taraneh Emamgholi Khoshechin t_khooshechin@yahoo.com 100319475328460013822 100319475328460013822 No Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Leila Rastegari lrastegari818@gmail.com 100319475328460013823 100319475328460013823 Yes Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Saeedeh Zenoozian zenoozian@yahoo.com 100319475328460013824 100319475328460013824 No Department of Clinical Psychology, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran