Knowledge and Perception of Pre-menopausal Women about Menopause | ||||
Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2024, Page 211-226 PDF (1.08 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2024.350349 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Eman Selmy1; Samah Nasser Abd ElAziz Elshora 2; Amina El-Nemer3 | ||||
1Nursing Specialist, Technical Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
2Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, faculty of nursing, Mansoura university, Egypt | ||||
3Prof. of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Menopause is a universal physiological condition that annually affects more than 500 million women aged from 42 to 55 years with an average age of 51 years. Aim: this study aimed to assess knowledge and perception of premenopausal women about menopause. Study design: A cross sectional descriptive design. Setting: the study was carried out at Mansoura University Hospitals. Study sample: A convenient sample of 382 premenopausal female employees. Tools: Data was collected using a questionnaire included three parts; part one covered sociodemographic characteristics, part two covered knowledge about menopause and part three covered perception of premenopausal women. Results: More than two-thirds of the studied women had poor knowledge regarding causes of menopause (lack of hormonal production which regulates menstruation and no response of ovaries to follicle stimulating hormone). Most of them had poor knowledge regarding menopausal symptoms as frequency of urination, depression and mood swings. Most women had poor knowledge regarding physical coping mechanisms during menopause in addition to more than three-quarters of them were unaware of hormonal replacement therapy. More than two-thirds of women expressed hatred and worrying about menopause. Majority of women verbalized that menopausal women are losing their physical strength and youthfulness. Conclusion: More than one-third of women had poor knowledge and three-quarters of them had negative perception about menopause. There was positive correlation between level of knowledge and perception of the studied premenopausal women about menopause. Recommendation: Spreading information to raise awareness among premenopausal women to improve knowledge and attain positive perception about menopause. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Knowledge; Perception; Pre-menopausal women; Menopause | ||||
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