Correlation between menopausal symptoms and quality of life among postmenopausal women
Journal Title: Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries - Year 2018, Vol 27, Issue 27
Abstract
Background: Menopause is a critical period in a woman’s life that is associated with multiple physical, vasomotor, psychological and sexual complaints. Objective: To assess the severity of menopausal symptoms and their impact on quality of life among postmenopausal women in selected villages of Coimbatore.click here Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 postmenopausal women aged 46-60 years were randomly interviewed using q structured questionnaire. I has three pars- Socio demographic characteristics, Menopausal Rating Scale to assess the menopausal symptoms and QOL using the 29-item Menopause-Specific Quality of life Questionnaire. Results : out of 250 study subjects 133(53.2%) experiencing a sensation of heat over face, face and body weekly once, 134(53.6%) had excessive sweating in the night on alternate days, 135(54%) experiencing palpitation weekly once and 127(50.8%) experiencing chest tightness weekly once. Majority of them have sleeping problems like difficulty in falling asleep 125(50%) in weekly once and waking up early 168 (67.2%) on alternate days. The overall median score of quality of life with respect to vasomotor and psychosocial domain were higher than the physical and sexual domain. The mean score of overall quality of life among postmenopausal women was found 4.1± 0.3 and the median was 4.1. Conclusion: The result shows that menopausal symptoms significantly affects the QOL.
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Prof. SREERENJINI . 1 , B, Prof. M. MUTHULAKSHMI
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