Olowokere Adekemi Eunice, Tope-Ajayi Titilayo Olubunmi, Komolafe Abiola Olubusola, Olajubu Aanuoluwapo Omobolanle
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, 54715Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria.
Post Reprod Health. 2021 Jun;27(2):66-76. doi: 10.1177/2053369120971427. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
Lifestyle modification is consistently recommended for healthy living during menopause; nonetheless, there is paucity of data on menopausal experiences and lifestyle practices of women in rural communities of Nigeria. This study assessed the lifestyle practices of menopausal women, their experiences of menopause-related symptoms and the influence of lifestyle practices on their experiences of menopause-related symptoms.
A descriptive cross-sectional design was used in this study. Systematic random sampling was used to select 271 menopausal women at household level in rural communities of Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A self-developed structured questionnaire was used to assess lifestyle practices while modified menopause rating scale was used to assess menopausal-related symptoms of the women. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS version 22 at 0.05 level of significance.
Findings revealed that 58.3% had poor lifestyle, while 41.0% and 0.7% had moderate and good lifestyle, respectively. Findings showed that 66.4% of the women experienced moderate menopause-related symptoms, while 15.5% and 0.4% of the women had severe and very severe menopause-related symptoms respectively. Result of the multiple regression indicated that Exercise (β = 0.22, = 3.63, = .01), Nutrition (β = 0.13, = 2.23, = .02) and Substance use (β = 0.04, = 2.25, = .02) were major predictors of menopause-related symptoms.
The study concluded that positive lifestyle modification could help reduce menopausal-related symptoms.
更年期期间，持续建议通过改变生活方式来实现健康生活；然而，关于尼日利亚农村社区女性更年期经历和生活方式的资料却很匮乏。本研究评估了更年期女性的生活方式、她们更年期相关症状的经历以及生活方式对她们更年期相关症状经历的影响。
本研究采用描述性横断面设计。在尼日利亚埃基蒂州阿多-埃基蒂地方政府辖区的农村社区，采用系统随机抽样法在家庭层面选取271名更年期女性。使用自行编制的结构化问卷评估生活方式，同时使用改良的更年期评定量表评估女性的更年期相关症状。在SPSS 22版本中，使用描述性和推断性统计分析数据，显著性水平为0.05。
研究结果显示，58.3%的女性生活方式较差，而分别有41.0%和0.7%的女性生活方式中等和良好。结果表明，66.4%的女性经历了中度更年期相关症状，而分别有15.5%和0.4%的女性有严重和非常严重的更年期相关症状。多元回归结果表明，运动（β = 0.22，t = 3.63，p = 0.01）、营养（β = 0.13，t = 2.23，p = 0.02）和物质使用（β = 0.04，t = 2.25，p = 0.02）是更年期相关症状的主要预测因素。
该研究得出结论，积极改变生活方式有助于减轻更年期相关症状。
