Exploring The Prevalence Of Menopausal Symptoms And Medico-Social Dimensions Of Menopause– A Cross Sectional Study
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https://doi.org/10.52783/jns.v14.2745Keywords:
Premenopause, Perimenopause, Menopause, Post MenopauseAbstract
Background of the study: Menopause is a specific physical and mental transitional time for every woman, throughout which they experience a sequence of menopausal signs and symptoms. Worldwide, the well-being of women has been a significant focus for healthcare professionals for several years. However, this focus mainly pertains to maternal and adolescent health, while the life course perspective has not progressed adequately. Therefore, there is a necessity to examine the transformations that occur during & after menopause and the various influencing factors by assessing the prevalence of menopausal symptoms along with the medico-socio-cultural aspects of menopause among women in the perimenopausal and early postmenopausal stages.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among women. The data were collected from 295 women aged between 40 and 60 using convenience sampling technique. Data was collected from all the participants after fulfilling inclusion criteria through semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were processed using SPSS software and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Prevalence was expressed as frequency with percentage and prevalence of menopausal symptoms represented in bar diagrams.
Results: The peak menopausal symptoms were hot flashes, insomnia, fatigue and joint pain, anxiety and emotional instability. The study showed that most of the perimenopausal woman had hot flashes 212 (72%) in vasomotor symptoms. Majority of the perimenopausal woman felt anxious 216 (73%) in psychosocial symptoms. Most of the perimenopausal woman felt fatigue 247 (84%) and joint pain 207 (70%) in physical symptoms. Most of the perimenopausal woman had reduce sexual desire 112 (49%) in sexual symptoms.
Conclusion: The occurrence of menopausal symptoms is higher in women aged 40–60 years, which is related to women’s mentality, exercise, and sexual intercourse frequency. In addition, the results of this study indicate that women’s knowledge of menopause is insufficient, which suggests that we need to strengthen women’s knowledge by conducting educational interventions and improve the cope up strategies by conducting community outreach programmes.
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