Knowledge and attitude of premenopausal and postmenopausal women towards menopause in selected markets of Ibadan north east local government, Oyo state

4^th International Conference on Nursing & Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Olayiwola Oyindamola Odunola

University College Hospital-Ibadan, Nigeria

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Menopause is an unavoidable change that every woman will experience and it is perhaps most easily understood as the opposite process of menarche, the start of monthly periods. The menopause transition and post menopause itself is a natural life change which occurs as one increase in age and not a disease state or disorder. It is therefore, helpful if women are able to learn what to expect and what options are available to assist the transition if necessary. This research is a descriptive cross sectional survey, non- experimental study. A sample size of 120 respondents; 60 premenopausal and postmenopausal, was chosen using simple random technique. A structured questionnaire was used in data collection from the respondents with ethical consideration observed. Data analysis shows that 10% of premenopausal women had knowledge of menopause while 20% of postmenopausal women had it. 90% of the premenopausal women had positive attitude while 83.35 of postmenopausal women had positive attitude towards menopause. This study shows that women ae aware of menopause but majority of them lack knowledge about the signs and symptoms of menopause and the coping mechanism that can be adopted. However, the findings revealed that women have a positive attitude towards menopause.