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Quality of Life among Post-menopausal Women in Beni Suef University Hospital

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Community Health Nursing

Abstract

Background: Women can now spend more than a third of their lives are after menopause. During menopause and menopausal symptoms, women's physical well-being may be affected. The aim of study: To assess the quality of life among postmenopausal women attending gynecological outpatient clinics at Beni Suef University Hospital. Setting: The study conducted in gynecological outpatient clinics at Beni Suef University Hospital. Subjects and method:Design: using a descriptive design.  Subjects: A purposive sample of a total of 128 post-menopausal women. Tools: A structured interviewing questionnaire was developed by the researchers in the Arabic language consists of 3 parts; Part I included sociodemographic characteristics of the studied women, Part II: to assess the women reported symptoms related to menopausal symptoms, and Part III: to assess quality of life of menopausal women. Results: The most frequently reported symptoms of the studied women were hotness 78.1%, followed by muscular and joint pain 56.2% and fatigue 53.1%. The mean reported postmenopausal symptoms score was 10.31 ± 2.31, and the mean QOL score was11.28 ± 2.46. Conclusion: The results of current study concluded that the QOL of postmenopausal women did not affected by their postmenopausal symptoms. Recommendations: Since it is recommended to raise health awareness of females of different reproductive ages and of various educational backgrounds about the impact of a healthy lifestyle in the prevention of serious health problems associated with menopause.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2022.90532.1137

Keywords

Postmenopausal, Women, quality of life

Authors

First Name

Laila

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Aawdin

Affiliation

Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing,Beni Suef University

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lailaawadin@gmail.com

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Beni Suef University.

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First Name

Gamalat Mustafa

Last Name

Abd El-Ghany

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing, Zagazig University

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gamalatmustafa@yahoo.com

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Volume

9

Article Issue

2

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36090

Issue Date

2022-08-01

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2021-09-02

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2022-08-01

Page Start

269

Page End

287

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2356-8658

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2682-3241

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11

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866

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023