Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- . Ensieh Noroozi
- . Nayereh Kasiri Dolatabadi
- . Ahmad Ali Eslami
- . Akbar Hassanzadeh 1
- . Soheila Davari 2
1 Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University Of Medical Sciences
2 Department of Health Education And Promotion, School of Health, Vice Chancellor For Health, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Background: Appropriate understanding of women that certain physical, mental, social and
psychological changes occur during menopause helps them with greater readiness to cope with
these changes. In all training programs to identify and analyze perceptions of the subjects is a key
component. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of women
toward the menopause phenomenon. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
conducted on 400 healthy and non-menopaused women aged 40–45 years. The stratified sampling
method was used and participation in this study was based on obtaining informed consent. The
data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisting of three parts: demographic information,
questions to assess knowledge and attitude investigation questions. Findings: The results showed
that the average knowledge score of subjects was 63.57 ± 10.79, and their average attitude score
was 61.21 ± 12.73. In this study, 8% of the subjects had poor knowledge, 68% had moderate
knowledge and 38.5% had good knowledge. Meanwhile, 81.5% of the women had a positive attitude
toward menopause. The correlation test showed that knowledge and attitude are meaningfully
related to economic status and education level. But, the relationship between knowledge and
attitudes of women under study was not significant. Conclusion: Identifying the quality of women’s
subjective perception of menopause has an essential role in the development of accurate and
appropriate programs to promote women’s health during menopausal years.
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