Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey

Introduction: Postmenopausal women experience various menopause-specific somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms which tend to affect their overall well-being. However, there is a scant focus on menopausal health problems of postmenopausal women in Nepal. The aim of the study was to find ou...

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Autores principales:	Sitasma Sharma, Laxmi Adhikari, Isha Karmacharya, Maheshor Kaphle
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Publicado:	Nepal Medical Association 2021
Materias:	menopause; middle aged; Nepal; postmenopausal. Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80a7086aab334bee837d7df43a8f255e2021-11-18T19:19:53ZMenopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey10.31729/jnma.70520028-27151815-672Xhttps://doaj.org/article/80a7086aab334bee837d7df43a8f255e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/7052https://doaj.org/toc/0028-2715https://doaj.org/toc/1815-672X Introduction: Postmenopausal women experience various menopause-specific somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms which tend to affect their overall well-being. However, there is a scant focus on menopausal health problems of postmenopausal women in Nepal. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women of a Municipality. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in selected wards of Tokha Municipality of Kathmandu district among postmenopausal women aged 45-60 years from September to October 2019. Ethical approval was taken from the Ethical Review Board, Nepal Health Research Council (reference number 694). Random sampling was used as the sampling technique. Face-to-face interview was used for data collection while a semi-structured interview schedule including the Nepali version of Menopause Rating Scale was used as a tool for measuring menopausal symptoms. EpiData version 3.1 was used for data entry while data analysis was performed using Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences version 20. Results: Amongst the postmenopausal women, all 203 (100%) had menopausal symptoms with majority reporting milder symptoms as found in 143 (70.4%). The mean Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) score was obtained as 13.21±5.1. The most prevalent moderate and mild symptoms were vaginal dryness 94 (46.3%), and depressive mood 71 (35%) respectively while physical and mental exhaustion 175 (86.2%) was the most common in all forms. Over half 102 (50.2%) of the respondents were unaware of menopausal symptoms and almost three-fifth 121 (59.6%) reported menopause related symptoms affected their daily work activities. Conclusions: The majority of postmenopausal women in this study had milder menopausal symptoms, which parallels findings from other national studies. Sitasma SharmaLaxmi AdhikariIsha KarmacharyaMaheshor KaphleNepal Medical Associationarticlemenopause; middle aged; Nepal; postmenopausal.Medicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 59, Iss 243 (2021)
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spellingShingle	menopause; middle aged; Nepal; postmenopausal. Medicine (General) R5-920 Sitasma Sharma Laxmi Adhikari Isha Karmacharya Maheshor Kaphle Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
description	Introduction: Postmenopausal women experience various menopause-specific somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms which tend to affect their overall well-being. However, there is a scant focus on menopausal health problems of postmenopausal women in Nepal. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women of a Municipality. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in selected wards of Tokha Municipality of Kathmandu district among postmenopausal women aged 45-60 years from September to October 2019. Ethical approval was taken from the Ethical Review Board, Nepal Health Research Council (reference number 694). Random sampling was used as the sampling technique. Face-to-face interview was used for data collection while a semi-structured interview schedule including the Nepali version of Menopause Rating Scale was used as a tool for measuring menopausal symptoms. EpiData version 3.1 was used for data entry while data analysis was performed using Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences version 20. Results: Amongst the postmenopausal women, all 203 (100%) had menopausal symptoms with majority reporting milder symptoms as found in 143 (70.4%). The mean Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) score was obtained as 13.21±5.1. The most prevalent moderate and mild symptoms were vaginal dryness 94 (46.3%), and depressive mood 71 (35%) respectively while physical and mental exhaustion 175 (86.2%) was the most common in all forms. Over half 102 (50.2%) of the respondents were unaware of menopausal symptoms and almost three-fifth 121 (59.6%) reported menopause related symptoms affected their daily work activities. Conclusions: The majority of postmenopausal women in this study had milder menopausal symptoms, which parallels findings from other national studies.
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title	Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
title_short	Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
title_full	Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
title_fullStr	Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey
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Menopausal Symptoms among Postmenopausal Women of a Selected Municipality: A Cross-sectional Survey

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