Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms among Perimenopausal Women
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Permanent cessation of menstruation is called menopause. Perimenopause is a transitional period around the menopause. It is very difficult to predict the duration and severity of effects of perimenopause on any women. The present study was conducted with an aim to assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and the association of symptoms with selected variables. Descriptive survey design was used for conducting the study. By using the purposive sampling technique,150 perimenopausal women, residing in Israelpet, Guntur (dt), Andhra Pradesh were chosen to conduct the study. Data were collected personally by the investigators by using a structured check list. The results revealed that majority of subjects belonged to 43-45 years age group, ,had an education of less than 10th standard, were house wives and were sexually not active. With regard to prevalence of menopausal symptoms, 49.33% had severe vasomotor symptoms, 65.33% had severe musculo-skeletal symptoms, 42% had severe psychological symptoms. Age (χ2 =15.37) of the perimenopausal women had statistically significant association with prevalence of menopausal symptoms. It was concluded that majority of perimenopausal women are suffering with severe menopausal symptoms.
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Dr Rayapu. Vasundhara
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