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International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research, Jun 23, 2024

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, May 9, 2023

International Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Studies

International Journal of Chemical Studies, 2019

The cross-sectional study was conducted in Dharwad and Bagalkote districts with an aims to know t... more The cross-sectional study was conducted in Dharwad and Bagalkote districts with an aims to know the menopausal problems and to assess influence of personal factors on menopausal problems. The differential research design was used to test differences between working and non-working women in menopausal problems. Correlation design was used to know the influence of personal factors on menopausal problems. Randomized sampling technique was used to elicit the information from 480 respondents (Working=240 and non-working= 240) from both rural and urban area. The findings revealed that most common menopausal problems included were joint and muscular discomforts (68.33%) of women similarly sleep problems 51.66%, hot flushes (37.50%), sweating (6.67%) and heart discomfort (9.31%). Majority (44.17%) of the women experienced moderate level of somatic problems in both districts. The respondents (40%) of them had moderate to severe level of psychological problems and remaining 44 per cent experienced mild to moderate level of urogenital problems. The mean age at menarche was 12.04 years and mean age at menopause was 46.21 years. Half of the respondents experienced 3-5 days of bleeding during menopause and nearly half (47.50%) of the women started experiencing menopausal symptoms in the age range of 36-40 years. Present chronological age, age at menopause and occupation were negative and significantly related with menopausal problems in both working and non-working women. Education was negatively significantly related with menopausal problems. The study concluded that to overcome existing somatic, psychological and urogenital menopausal problems, educational awareness and learning self-coping methods are necessary for rural and urban women.

International Journal of Farm Sciences, 2018

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2019

To know the prevalence and coping strategies for menopausal problems among working and nonworking... more To know the prevalence and coping strategies for menopausal problems among working and nonworking women. The study included equal number of participant from rural and urban women i.e. 120 participants from two districts so the total participants were 480 women. The in-depth interview was conducted to elicit the information regarding general information, menopausal symptoms and coping strategies for menopausal problems. The results of the study indicated that most common menopausal problems were joint and muscular discomfort (68.33%), sleep problems (51.66%), hot flushes (37.50%), sweating (6.67%) and heart discomfort (9.31%). With regard to level of menopausal problems, half per cent (50%) of the women experienced moderate level of somatic problems followed by severe (28.33%) and mild (20.83%), (44.17%) of the respondents had moderate level of psychological problems while, 40 per cent had severe psychological problems followed by 15.83 per cent had moderate level of psychological pr...

Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 2017

Assessing health status and menopausal knowledge of women to develop educational package. Menopau... more Assessing health status and menopausal knowledge of women to develop educational package. Menopause Rating Scale was used to assess age related physical and psychological decline. PGI health questionnaire was used to assess the health status, self structured questionnaire menopausal knowledge on 80 rural and 80 urban women of Dharwad and Bagalkotee districts of Karnataka. The results revealed that 37% of urban women had mild menopausal symptoms, while 35% of the rural women reported severe menopausal symptoms. There was significant difference between rural and urban women in menopausal symptoms. SES, age, education and occupation was negative and significantly related with menopausal symptoms. It was observed that only 8-28% of women had high menopausal knowledge. SES, age, education and occupation was significantly related and associated with menopausal knowledge. There was significant difference between rural and urban women of both the districts in menopausal knowledge. 25-40% of...

Indian journal of positive psychology, 2018

The study aim to Depression, anxiety and stress among working and non-working women menopausal wo... more The study aim to Depression, anxiety and stress among working and non-working women menopausal women. The Depression, anxiety and stress scale was used to know the psychological well being of women. SES scale was used to know the socio-economic status of family. The study conducted among working (n=40) and non-working women (n=40) in Dharwad. The results revealed that 54.17% of working women had severe depression, while 43.75% of non-working women in mild depression, 45.83% of working women in severe level of anxiety as well as stress. The results showed that there was significant ditference between working and non-working women with respect to depression, anxiety and stress. The results also revealed that there was non-significant association observed between SES and depression, anxiety and stress. The study concluded that proper educational intervention is necessary to manage the psychological aspects of working women and also educational intervention needed for coping strategies ...

International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience, 2017

Aim of the study is to assess the influence of weight status on health status and menopausal prob... more Aim of the study is to assess the influence of weight status on health status and menopausal problems of rural and urban postmenopausal women. In the study 80 rural and 80 urban postmenopausal women belonged to 40-55 years age were randomly selected from 8 villages and 2 cities of Dharwad and Bagalkote District. The postmenopausal symptoms were measured using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) by Berlin (1992). Health status was measured using PGI-N2 questionnaire by Wig and Verma (1978). The Results revealed that average age of menopause was 47 years in the present study. 42.50 Per cent of the rural women had ideal body weight and 50 Per cent of urban women belonged to overweight category in Dharwad district and similar trend was observed in Bagalkote district. 60 Per cent of rural women had moderate and 27.50 Per cent of them expressed severe menopausal symptoms. While in urban, 50 Per cent, 37.50 Per cent of the women suffered from moderate and mild menopausal symptoms respectively. In health status, 60 Per cent of the rural women had moderately affected and 25 Per cent severely affected health status. Where as in urban, 47.50 Per cent and 37.50 Per cent of them indicated moderately and mildly affected health status respectively. There was significant difference between rural and urban women in health status and menopausal symptoms. It revealed that rural women suffered more from health problems and menopausal symptoms compared to urban women. There was significant association observed between weight status (BMI) and menopausal symptoms among rural and urban women of both districts indicating increase in body weight increased menopausal symptoms. There was significant association reported between health status and weight status in rural women of Dharwad and rural and urban women of Bagalkote district. This indicated that women who had heavy body weight suffered more from health problems. Concluded that Weight status was significantly influencing on health problems and menopausal symptoms. Hence there is a need of educational empowerment of women with regard to weight control, healthy and nutritious diet during menopausal period.

Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 2018

This study aims to explore the influence of demographic characteristics on menopausal problems am... more This study aims to explore the influence of demographic characteristics on menopausal problems among rural and urban middle aged women. The subjects were 160 rural and urban middle-aged women were studied during 2015-16. The women who attained menopause and belonging to 40-55 years age range were selected from 8 villages of 4 talukas of Dharwad and Bagalkote Districts. The self-structured interview schedule was used to elicit the information regarding general information, history of menopause, effects of menopause, care and management of menopause. It consists of 29 questions, categorized as low, medium and high. The menopausal problems were measured by using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) developed by Barlin (1992) with 11 items. The responses on each item was scored as 0-4 as none to very severe. SES (Socio Economic Status) scale developed by Agarwal et al. (2005) was used to assess the socioeconomic status of family. The results revealed that 49.37% of respondents aged between 51-55 years, 55% of the belonged to OBC category, 80% of women were housewife and 68.15% were belonged to middle SES. 15% and 27.50% of the women reported high knowledge in rural and urban women respectively. In Dharwad, among rural women 60% respondents reported moderate menopausal problems and 27.50% were had severe problems. While among urban, half (50%) of the participants pointed out they had moderate menopausal problems followed by 37.50% had mild problems. In Bagalkote district, 50% of rural women had moderate and 35% of the respondents had severe menopausal problems. In case of urban women, 57.50% of women had moderate followed by 27.50% suffering from mild menopausal problems. The age, SES and education were negatively significantly associated with menopausal problems and occupation was positively highly significantly associated with menopausal problems. Concluded that there is need of education and empowering of women to overcome menopausal problems.

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2019

RA Journal Of Applied Research, 2016

Influence of SES and age on knowledge of menstrual hygiene among 560 adolescent girls and young w... more Influence of SES and age on knowledge of menstrual hygiene among 560 adolescent girls and young women's of North Karnataka was studied during 2015-16. Girls belonged to adolescent age group who attained menarche were selected from 28 villages of North Karnataka. The self-structured questionnaire was used to measure knowledge on menstrual hygiene. The Socio Economic Status (SES) of family was assessed by using Socio Economic Status scale developed by Agarwal et. al., (2005). Correlation was used to indicate the relationship between SES and age with knowledge on menstrual hygiene. The results revealed that mean age at menarche was 13.45 years in North Karnataka. With respect to SES totally 9.10 percent of families belonged to upper middle of SES and 76.78 percent belonged to lower middle of SES and 13.75 percent belonged to poor middle of SES. It was observed that 76.42 percent of respondents had low knowledge, while 23.57 percent of them were had high knowledge on menstrual knowledge. There was significant association and relationship found between SES and knowledge on menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls and young women. There was significant association and relationship found between age and knowledge on menstrual hygiene. Hence the study concluded that higher the SES and age higher the knowledge on menstrual hygiene.

The Pharma Innovation Journal, 2019

Knowledge on care and management of menopause in middle aged 160 rural women was studied during 2... more Knowledge on care and management of menopause in middle aged 160 rural women was studied during 2015-16. The women who attained menopause and belonging to 40-55 years age range were selected from 8 villages of 4 talukas of Dharwad and Bagalkot Districts. The knowledge regarding menopause was assessed by using Self structured interview schedule which included five categories like general information, history of menopause, effects of menopause, care and management of menopause. The postmenopausal symptoms were measured by using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) developed by Barlin (1992) with 11 items. The responses on each item was scored as 0-4 as none to very severe. MRS was categorized as low (0-14), medium (15-29) and high (30-44) further it was divided into somatic, psychological and urinary symptoms. The Socio-Economic Status (SES) of family was assessed by using Socio Economic Status scale developed by Agarwal. (2005). Correlation was used to assess the relationship between knowled...