Effectiveness of Menopausal Empowerment Strategies on Awareness Regarding Health-promoting Lifestyle Modifications among Post-menopausal Women

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One of the key aspects of reproductive health is focused on physical, psychological and social health in menopause. The WHO has estimated the number of postmenopausal women to reach 1.2 billion worldwide by 2030. Menopausal health demands priority in Indian scenario due to growing population of menopausal women. The menopausal transition is the most complicated time wherein the female is at a high threat of despair due hormonal modifications, temper swings, hot flushes and sleep disturbance. Signs and symptoms may be experienced for plenty months or years main to the menopause [1-5].

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Need of the study

As per WHO, the age at which natural menopausal period occurs in between the ages of 40-55 for women worldwide. In 2000, 25 million women worldwide reached the menopause; this number is expected to double by late 2020. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at least 85% of menstruating women have at least one post menopause symptom. As per National Family Health Survey 2016-2017 18% of women age 30-49 years are menopausal. According to Indian Menopause Society research (2017) there are about 65 million Indian women over the age of 45 affected with menopause associated health signs. Due to the increasing population of 45 to 60-year-old women it become essential to increase women's awareness and adaptation to menopause, using empowerment programs.

Hypothesis (At 0.05 level of significance) H01:

There will be no significant difference between mean pre-test and post-test awareness regarding Health-Promoting Lifestyle modifications among Postmenopausal women in selected Primary Health Centre of Indore H02: There will be no significant association of the post-test awareness score regarding Health-Promoting Lifestyle modifications among Postmenopausal Women with their selected socio demographic variables