Impact of Intervention Package on Menopausal Knowledge and Related Quality of Life of Rural Women

Abstract

Menopause is one of the most difficult phases in the women’s lived experience in the aging process. The poor QOL among high proportionate of menopausal phase of women would place a severely burden on public health care in developing countries like India. The goal of this study was to better understand the difficulties faced by rural women due to menopause in terms of menopausal knowledge and quality of life. An intervention programme to improve the menopausal related knowledge and quality of life of low performing rural women was imparted. The study was conducted on 200 rural women in the age group 45-55 years who had cessation of menstruation residing in rural areas of Hisar district. Self-developed interview schedule was used to delineate socio-personal, current health status of women of rural women. Dependent variable, menopausal related knowledge of women was measured by Evaluation Performa to assess knowledge on menopause by Tresa (2018). Menopausal related quality of life was measured with the help of Quality of Life Scale by Devangamath (2016). Frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, ‘Z’ test, ANOVA and chi-square tests were used to analyse the data as per objectives. Results demonstrated that half of the respondents had poor menopausal knowledge and related quality of life. Most of the respondents had fair health status. The results of the post testing after intervention programme showed that it significantly helped the respondents to improve their knowledge and their quality of life. Thus, it can be concluded that intervention program was effective in increasing the knowledge score and improving the quality of life among the menopause women.