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Quality of Life in Menopausal Women

V. Jayam, S. Joneslinmary, Kamadi Edukondalu, T. Nanthini, Felicia Chitra A.

Abstract


Menopause is a significant life event that can have a profound impact on a woman's quality of life. Over 80% of women have reported experiencing physical and psychological challenges that often come with menopause, with varying levels of severity and disruption to their daily lives. The study's aim was to evaluate the quality of life in menopausal women, examine how menopause affects their daily lives, and explore potential connections between the quality of life and certain demographic factors. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used by purposive sampling technique among 150 menopausal women in the age group of 45 to 50 years. Data were collected by using modified menopause specific quality of life questionnaire by interview method. The study result showed that 67 (44.7%) of the menopausal women were in age group 50 to 55 years, 94 (62.7%) were married, 55 (36.7%) were uneducated, 83 (55.3%) were homemakers, 45 (30%) had an annual income between 20,000 and 40,000 rupees, 41 (27.3%) had diabetes, 63 (41.3%) of had menarche at 14 to 15 years, 91 (60.7%) had periods for 4 to 5 days, 125 (83.3%) had regular menstrual cycle, 65 (43.3%) had 2 children, 70 (46.5%) attained menopause over 50 years, 125 (83.3%) underwent sterilization method and 108 (72%) did not use any therapy. Regarding the quality of life, 79 (52.7%) had fair quality of life, 64 (42.7%) had poor quality of life, and 7 (4.6%) of them had good quality of life. The impact of menopause women showed that 20 (13%) had vasomotor problem, 50 (33%) had psychosocial problem, 70 (47%) had physical problem, and 10 (9%) had sexual problem. There was a statistically significant association between the level of quality of life with their selected demographic variables such as age group, marital status, age of menarche, age at menopause, and age at menopause. Quality of life among menopausal women plays a major role in balancing health in holistic way. As a health personnel, community health nurse plays a vital role in identifying the menopausal women and promote their health by nutritional supplementation and implement certain coping strategies to enhance their quality of life.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijgn.v6i2.2383

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