Coping Strategies with Menopausal Symptom among Palestinian Women | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 53, Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 697-710 PDF (1.26 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.265084 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Awad Ibrahim Tayyem1; Aziza Tosson Labib2; Randa Mohammed Ebrahim3; Amira Morsy yousif3 | ||
| 1Clinical Instructor at Arab American University Nursing College Palestine | ||
| 2Professor of Maternity and Gynecological health Nursing Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assisstant professor of Maternity and Gynecological health Nursing Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the study was to assess the coping strategies with menopausal symptom among Palestinian women. Design: A descriptive study design used to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: This study will be conducted at the governmental secondary schools west Bank-Palestine, Sample Type: Multi-stage random sampling design was used.to choose the study schools and purposive sample to select the studied women. Tools: First tool: Self-structured interviewing questionnaire sheet, second tool: The menopause symptoms’ severity, third tool: The coping with menopause symptoms questionnaire, Results: The age of studied women varied between 45 years and more than 55 years, with mean age 52.833 ± 3.614 years. The age at menopause of two thirds of studied women was between 45 and 50 years old. Concerning cause of menopause, most of the studied women referred menopause to normal causes, nearly most of studied women had information about menopause symptoms, related to severity of physical menopausal symptoms less than one quarter of them highly suffered from lower back pain While, related to severity of psychological menopausal symptoms more than one quarter of them highly suffered from wanting to be alone. Conclusion: 21.3% of studied women usually occupy themself to forget menopause, 29.3% of then usually doing control the emotions, 22.7% of them usually Learned from the mistakes as positive Coping strategy related to menopausal symptom on the another hand 25.3% of studied women usually take too many painkiller, 29.3% of them usually stop chasing dreams, 29.3% of them usually live as an elderly woman as negative menopause coping strategies. Recommendations: In the light of the results of this study, the following recommendations were suggested: develop of self-care module for menopausal women in different health setting to reduce severity of menopausal symptom and improve the coping strategies. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Coping Strategies; Menopausal Symptom; Palestinian Women | ||
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