A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDE REGARDING MENOPAUSAL CARE AMONG WOMEN IN POSTMENOPAUSAL PERIOD IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS OF INDORE

Prof.Asha Sreenivasan

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE, AND ATTITUDE REGARDING MENOPAUSAL CARE AMONG WOMEN IN POSTMENOPAUSAL PERIOD IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS OF INDORE

Prof. Asha Sreenivasan

Abstract :

Back ground:The menopause is the cessation of the reproduction phase in women. “The change” as it is sometimes known, also signifies the cessation of menstruation and the end of the childbeå years. It is a natural biologic process. It is not an illness, nor it is a disease.Appropriate understanding of women that certain physical, mental, social and psychological changes occur during menopause helps them with greater readiness to cope with these changes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of women toward the menopause phenomenon and care during postmenopausal period.Aim:Assess the knowledge and attitude regarding menopausal care among women in postmenopausal period in selected area of Indore.Objectives:1. To assess the knowledge and attitude regarding menopausal care among women in postmenopausal period in selected areas of Indore.2. To find the association between knowledge and attitude regardingmenopausal care among women in postmenopausal period with their selected demographic variables.Methodology: A descriptive study design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The study was conducted with 100postmenopausal womenfrom selected area. Convenient sampling technique was adopted to select the sample. The data was collected with a structured interview schedule. The data obtained would be analyzed by both descriptive and inferential statistics.Results:The result shows that 86% of the samples had inadequate knowledge and 52 % of them had negative attitude. It also found that there is a need for health education and awareness regarding postmenopausal care and in knowledge age (X2=2.585), education (x2=14.982) occupation (x2=7.95) type of family (x2=2.581) domicile (x²=4.552) source of information (x²=6.654) are found as non–significant, religion (x²=0.74) income (x²=4.138) are found as significant. at 0.05 level and in attitude The chi–square value shows that religion (x²=3.448) occupation (x²=3.137) source of information (x²=3.147) gravid (x²=1.007) are found in significant. Age (x²=7.836) income in rupees (x²=15.729), type of family (x²=16.46) domicile (x²=6.493) are found in non–significant at 0.05 level