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. 2014 Dec;20(3):118-25.
doi: 10.6118/jmm.2014.20.3.118. Epub 2014 Dec 24.

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

Eun Kyung Kwak  1 , Hyun Soon Park  2 , Nam Mi Kang  3
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Menopause Knowledge, Attitude, Symptom and Management among Midlife Employed Women

Eun Kyung Kwak et al. J Menopausal Med. 2014 Dec.

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.

Keywords: Attitudes; Knowledge; Management; Menopause; Symptom.

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No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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