Senthilvel Sumathi, Vasudevan Senthilvel, Anju P S, Sukumaran Anjana, Sureshbabu Jayanthi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, Amrita College Nursing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekkara, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Midlife Health. 2018 Oct-Dec;9(4):185-190. doi: 10.4103/jmh.JMH_98_18.
Menopause is a physiological event in the women's life that can strongly affect the quality of life (QOL). More than 80% of women state that physical and physiological symptoms commonly accompany menopause and affect women's health and well-being.
The aim of the study was to assess the menopause-related symptoms and their impact on the women's life.
We have done a hospital-based descriptive study at the Outpatient and Inpatient Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, with 150 postmenopausal women. The data were collected using the structured Menopause-specific QOL (MENQOL) questionnaire. The data were collected for 4 weeks from the Outpatient and Inpatient of Department of OBG with inclusion criteria of women who were coming as bystanders' age in between 50 and 65 years.
Mean, standard deviation, frequency, and proportions were calculated. The association between the MENQOL scores and selected demographic variables was found using one-way ANOVA test.
Among 150 postmenopausal women, 51 (34%) were in the age group of 55-59 years and more than half of the study population ( = 116, 77.3%) were married. The management of menopausal symptoms was followed by 28 (18.7%) women. The prevalence levels of the classical menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness in women aged 50-65 years were 75.3%, 58%, and 30.7%, respectively. The overall MENQOL mean total score was found as 112.47 ± 28.80. The majority of them experienced the mean physical symptom, which was found to be 62.05 ± 17.82. The associations between QOL scores with educational status and socioeconomic status were statistically highly significant with < 0.01 and with marital status statistically significant with < 0.05.
From the present study, we have concluded that the postmenopause-related physical symptoms are frequently reported by the middle age group classifications. The association between QOL scores with educational status, socioeconomic status, and marital status was statistically highly significant. By nursing education, creating appropriate awareness and health education on the management of postmenopausal symptoms to that age group and it could be reducing the burden of the women population.
绝经是女性生命中的一个生理事件，会对生活质量（QOL）产生重大影响。超过80%的女性表示，身体和生理症状通常伴随绝经出现，并影响女性的健康和幸福感。
本研究旨在评估与绝经相关的症状及其对女性生活的影响。
我们在印度喀拉拉邦科钦市阿姆里塔医学科学与研究中心妇产科门诊及住院部，对150名绝经后女性进行了一项基于医院的描述性研究。使用结构化的绝经特异性生活质量（MENQOL）问卷收集数据。在4周内从妇产科门诊及住院部收集数据，纳入标准为年龄在50至65岁之间的女性旁观者。
计算均值、标准差、频率和比例。使用单因素方差分析检验MENQOL得分与选定人口统计学变量之间的关联。
在150名绝经后女性中，51名（34%）年龄在55至59岁之间，超过一半的研究人群（n = 116，77.3%）已婚。28名（18.7%）女性接受了绝经症状管理。50至65岁女性中潮热、盗汗和阴道干燥等经典绝经症状的患病率分别为75.3%、58%和30.7%。MENQOL总体平均总分被发现为112.47±28.80。她们中的大多数经历了平均身体症状，发现为62.05±17.82。生活质量得分与教育程度和社会经济地位之间的关联在统计学上具有高度显著性（P < 0.01），与婚姻状况在统计学上具有显著性（P < 0.05）。
从本研究中，我们得出结论，中年组绝经后相关的身体症状经常被报告。生活质量得分与教育程度、社会经济地位和婚姻状况之间的关联在统计学上具有高度显著性。通过护理教育，对该年龄组进行关于绝经后症状管理的适当认识和健康教育，可以减轻女性人群负担。
