Knowledge and Perception on Menopause

: Introduction: Menopause it’s one type of natural physiological process in the women’s life. The quality of life on menopausal status in the women it’s varies significant Studies revealed that women may reduce and avoid the emotional and physiological symptoms of menopause by encourage and educating themselves when approaching this stage of women life cycle. Design: In this study cross sectional survey was conducted. Setting: The sample setting is in kansa village. Sample size: The sample sizes were40. Tool: In the study 20 questionnaires items was conducted in randomly sample technique. Result: The study identified that the 15(37.5%) women have good, 19(47.5%) women have average and the 6(15%) women have poor knowledge and perception score. This study resultshows that the pre test means value is 11.7 and standard deviation is 5.13.

The sample setting is the village of kansa.The sample size was 40.The women in this study recognized the importance of menopause and its symptoms.Face-to-face data collection was carried out.It consists of 20 multiple-choice questions.The total score is 20.Evaluated using descriptive and interstitial statistics such as mean, standard deviation, chi-square data.A p-value of 0.05 for & it; was considered statistically significant.Presented in the form of tables and charts.

RESULT
The results have been presented in to the following headings: The above table explain the association between the knowledge and perception on menopause among women with their selected demographic variables.The selected socio demographic variables such as age, state, occupation of mother and father and married life of woman were significantly associated with the level of knowledge and perception on menopause.Other selected socio demographic variables such as education and religion were not significantly associated with the level of knowledge and perception on menopause.

DISCUSSION
Menopause is the one type of unique stage in the women reproductive life cycle.The quality of life during menopause varies greatly from woman to woman.In postmenopausal women, life is affected by menopausal symptoms.When menopause occurs, female has an accurate idea of lifespan.In this study, women were more aware and knowledgeable about the physical signs and symptoms of menopause, such as depression, vaginal dryness, irritability, and weakness.Lethargy and physiological symptoms such as incontinence, excessive sweating, and hot flashes.Women know about menopause as a way to overcome pain and symptoms.Surprisingly, though, she is ignorant of hormone replacement therapy.Nearly half of women either have no understanding of HRT or have a preference for traditional therapies over HRT.The findings of this study indicate that the pre-test mean value was 11.7 and the SD was 5.13.The calculated ci square value were less than the table value & checked at the level of 0.05 level.There was significant association between knowledge and perception score of women and selected demographic variables.

CONCLUSIONS
In conclusion, this study's findings shed light on how well-informed and how women in Kansa Village perceive the menopause.To eliminate stigmas associated with menopause from the school setting, young women in this village should get education.The findings of this study offer important direction for future training in behavioural modification and exercise aimed at enhancing women's perceptions of this shift in their lives, ultimately enabling them to approach this stage of life in a much more positive manner.This study highlights the need for additional investigation into how women perceive and understand the menopause.The study's findings show that 15 (37.5%) of the women had strong knowledge and perception scores, 19 (47.5%) had average knowledge and perception scores, and 6 (15%) had poor knowledge and perception scores.

Table 1 :
Sample category, frequency and percentage are distribution based on demographic variables.

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* Corresponding Author: Mohini Prajapati Volume 05 Issue 09 September 2022 Available at: ijcsrr.orgPage No.-3644-3648 Fig: -frequency and percentage distribution of the level of knowledge Figure shows frequency and percentage distribution of level of knowledge and perception on menopause in that 15(37.5%)women have good score, 19 (47.5%) women have average score and the 06(15%) women have poor score.In this study good level is considered who women have 15-20 score, Average level is considered who women having 8-14 score and the poor level considered who women having 0-7 score

Table 2 :
Association of level of Knowledge and perception on menopause among women With Selected Demographic Variables. ISSN: