Experience of Middle Age Women regarding Menopause in Alexandria | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 17, Issue 2, December 2015, Pages 65-88 PDF (743.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2015.208782 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fathia Khamis Kassem* ; Neama Yousef Mohammed | ||
| Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Menopause is a beginning of another phase of women's life. Women's experience of this critical phase probably influenced by their attitude, knowledge and follow-up practices. Objective: Assess the menopausal symptoms among middle age women and identify their knowledge, attitude and practices toward menopause in Alexandria. Settings: The study was carried out in 8 family health centers in Alexandria. Subjects: 240 middle age women (45 to less than 60 years old) were included in the study. Tools: Four tools were used for data collection: socio demographic characteristics and health status structured interview schedule, the menopause rating scale for the women to assess the menopausal symptoms among middle age women. The third tool was, the modified attitude rating scale, and women's knowledge toward menopause structured interview schedule. Results: Findings of the present study revealed that around one tenth of the women were bothered by severe and very severe menopausal symptoms. Less than half had poor knowledge toward menopause, while 56.7% were non-compliant with follow up practices during menopausal transition. Additionally, slightly less than half of the women had a negative attitude toward menopause. Conclusion: The study concluded that the women had poor knowledge toward menopause which reflect on their attitude and follow up practices. Recommendations: Health care providers need to play a more visible role in continuously assessing menopausal women's needs as well as to implement appropriate health education program to raise their awareness and to improve their knowledge, attitude, and follow up practices toward menopause. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Menopause; Menopausal rating scale; Middle age women; Menopausal symptoms and experience | ||
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