A Study on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Menopause among Rural and Urban Married Women in Mangalore

Pinto, Marie E

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“…In India, most of the studies has been carried out to determine the age at menopause in various population groups (Baghla and Sharma, 2008;Pathak et al 2010;Singh, 2012;Bansal et al 2014;Mozumdar et al 2015;Ahuja, 2016;Pallikadavath, 2016;Potsangbam et al 2016), symptoms experienced by them during menopause (Kripalni et al 2005;Nagar et al 2005;Sharma et al 2007;Kakkar et al 2007;Kapur et al 2009;Som and Ray, 2012;Singh et al 2014;Dasgupta and Ray 2014) and attitude or perception of women regarding menopause (Aron et al 2002;Dasgupta and Ray, 2008;Pinto, 2010;Mehersihi et al 2010;Borker et al 2013;Puri et al 2013;Satpathy, 2013;Dasgupta and Ray. 2017;Pathak et al 2017.).…”

Section: Gaps In the Research On Menopausal Health Risk And The Direcmentioning

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A Review on the Health Risks of Women Across Menopausal Status: What need to be done in India?

Kar¹,

Roy²

2017

Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India

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Section: Gaps In the Research On Menopausal Health Risk And The Direcmentioning

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A Review on the Health Risks of Women Across Menopausal Status: What need to be done in India?

Kar¹,

Roy²

2017

Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India

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A Descriptive study to assess the level of knowledge regarding Menopause among rural women of age group 45-55 years at Kot Bhalwal, Jammu

Pushpam.¹

2021

IJANM

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One of the most important stage in women`s life is menopause. The word menopause simply refers to the last menstrual period which is defined by not having had a period in 12 months. The average age of menopause in western world is 51 years while as in India it is 47.5 years and the normal age range for the occurrence of menopause is somewhat between the age of 45 and 55 years. A descriptive study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge regarding menopause among rural women of age group 45-55 years at Kot Bhalwal, Jammu. The objectives were to assess the level of knowledge regarding menopause among rural women of age group 45-55 years at Kot Bhalwal, Jammu and to associate the level of knowledge regarding menopause with their selected socio demographic variables. Quantitative approach, descriptive research design was used. 100 women of 45–55 years age who fulfil the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected using purposive sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire was developed for the study. The tool was tested for content validity and reliability prior to the study. The collected data was tabulated, analysed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics and findings showed that majority of the sample 97(97%) had below average level of knowledge, 3(3%) had average level of knowledge and 0(0%) had above average level of knowledge and there was no significant association between the selected socio-demographic variables and the level of knowledge.

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A Study on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Menopause among Rural and Urban Married Women in Mangalore

Cited by 2 publications

References 5 publications

A Review on the Health Risks of Women Across Menopausal Status: What need to be done in India?

A Review on the Health Risks of Women Across Menopausal Status: What need to be done in India?

A Descriptive study to assess the level of knowledge regarding Menopause among rural women of age group 45-55 years at Kot Bhalwal, Jammu

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