J Menopausal Med.  2014 Dec;20(3):118-125. 10.6118/jmm.2014.20.3.118.

Menopause Knowledge, Attitude, Symptom and Management among Midlife Employed Women

• Kwak EK
• Park HS
• Kang NM

• KMID: 2325474
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2014.20.3.118

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Midlife women's knowledge, positive attitudes and management toward menopause may improve the quality of peri and post-menopause life. This study was to identify correlations of the knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management toward menopause in middle-aged women.
METHODS
We used a cross-sectional questionnaire study applying to 231 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged from 40 to 59 years old. The completed data of 189 perimenopausal and menopausal women were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA and pearson's correlation coefficient using the SPSS statistical programme.
RESULTS
The menopausal women showed significantly higher physical symptoms than perimenopausal women. The menopausal women showed significantly higher psychosomatic symptom than perimenopausal women. There was a significant correlation between the menopausal attitude and management.
CONCLUSION
This study suggests that the fundamental data of developing midlife women's symptom index (MSI) and providing menopause management could be a strategy to encourage successful menopausal transition in middle-aged women.

Keyword

Attitudes; Knowledge; Management; Menopause; Symptom

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Menopause*
Postmenopause
Surveys and Questionnaires

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