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A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Menopause Among Premenopausal Women in Selected Village of Tarn-Taran, Punjab, in a View to Develop Health Education Pamphlet

Dr. Ramesh Kumari

Abstract


Menopause is a one of a kind phase of female reproductive cycle. It is described as the end of the reproductive phase of a woman. The average age of menopause is 47years in Indian females. Therefore Indian women are likely to spend almost 23.5 years that is one third of their total lives, in menopause. Some women experience menopausal symptoms that can be severe enough to affect their normal daily activities. Various studies showed that women have inadequate knowledge regarding menopause. Assessing the level of knowledge regarding menopause is an important measure used for the premenopausal women. So, self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge regarding menopause among pre-menopausal women. The study was descriptive in nature. The sample size for the study was 100 pre-menopausal women of age group above 40 years in selected village of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The self-structured knowledge questionnaire was selected for the collection of data. The obtained data was analyzed in terms of the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The study results showed that out of 100 samples that majority (53 %) of sample had inadequate knowledge, (33%) had moderately adequate knowledge and only (14%) had adequate knowledge. There is significant association of knowledge and selected demographic variables such as qualification(x2=22.622), occupation (x2=22.178) and family income (x2=16.385) on the knowledge score of premenopausal women regarding menopause in selected village as the calculated value is more than tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance. The impact of age (x2=12.148), religion(x2=0.354), type of family (x2=4.532), source of information (x2=3.133) and dietary pattern (x2=0.300) on knowledge score of premenopausal women regarding menopause in selected village found to be nonsignificant as the calculated value is less than tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance. After the data collection health education pamphlet was distributed to each sample.


Keywords: health education pamphlet, knowledge, menopause, premenopausal women, village

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