An Assessment on Quality of Life Among Peri and Post-Menopausal Women in Semi Urban Area of Tamil Nadu: A Community based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Sandip Kumar ◽  
DeboraJ Mathew ◽  
PankajKumar Jain ◽  
SushilKumar Shukla ◽  
Nawazish Ali ◽  
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2022 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 100943
Author(s):  
Suganya Barani ◽  
Tarun Bhatnagar ◽  
Meenakumari Natarajan ◽  
Kumari Gayathri ◽  
Harshal Bhimrao Sonekar ◽  
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Author(s):  
Sushree Priyadarsini Satapathy ◽  
Nivedita Karmee ◽  
Rabinarayan Dash

Background: Menopause is an important time in women's life and it is a natural event in the process of aging. The onset of menopause heralds a time of diminished estrogen exposure, which may have both acute and chronic effect on health and quality of life.Methods: It was a cross sectional study, conducted for a period of 3months i.e. June to August 2018 among post menopausal women in 8 selected villages with a sample size of 247.Results: The common post- menopausal symptoms were joint and muscular discomfort, bladder problems, symptoms of dryness of vagina, physical and mental exhaustion. Factors like education, occupation, socio-economic status, marital status, parity, mode of delivery, age at menopause and BMI was related to one or more menopausal symptoms.  Conclusions: Proper and timely intervention among post menopausal women will help to reduce the symptoms and lead a better quality of life. 


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