Sajeera, S (2012) A Comparative Study to Assess the Knowledge regarding Premenopausal Symptoms and Its Management among Women Aged between 40-50 Years in Selected Urban and Rural Areas of Namakkal District. Masters thesis, Vivekanandha College of Nursing, Tiruchengode.
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Abstract
“A Comparative Study to Assess the Knowledge regarding Premenopausal Symptoms and Its Management among Women Aged between 40-50 Years in Selected Urban and Rural Areas of Namakkal District”, was conducted by Mrs. SAJEERA.S in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science (Nursing) during the year 2010-2012. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding premenopausal symptoms and its management among women residing at selected urban areas of Namakkal district. 2. To assess the knowledge regarding premenopausal symptoms and its management among women residing at selected rural areas of Namakkal district. 3. To compare the knowledge scores of women in urban and rural areas. 4. To determine the relationship between the knowledge with selected socio demographic variables such as age, marital status, religion, education, occupation, family income and previous knowledge. 5. To prepare a health education pamphlet on premenopausal symptoms and its management. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on Rosenstock’s Health Belief model. The research approach for the study was non experimental (descriptive design in nature. 60 women aged between 40-50 years were selected through simple random sampling method from selected urban and rural area. Data collected by semi structured interview schedule. Content validity of the tool was obtained from seven experts and reliability of the tool was found 0.94. The collected data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation and chi square analysis. MAJOR FINDINGS: Findings related to selected socio demographic variable: • Out of 30 mothers each from the rural area and urban area 83.33% and 56.67% were in the age group 40-45 years in the urban and rural area respectively. • About 86.67% from the rural area and 90% from the urban area were Hindus. • Majority 96.6% of the women were married from each area. • A large section of the population, 43.33% from the urban area and 60% from the rural area were illiterate. • In rural area about 63.33% of the women were housewives and 23.33% were coolie. And in urban area 33.33% were coolie and 30% were house wives. • Among the study subjects 40% of the family from the urban area and 63.33% from the rural area were earning a monthly income below Rs.3000/-. • The majority of the sample (50%) from the urban and 63.33% from the rural area got previous information from the friends or relatives who had the premenopausal symptoms. Findings related to knowledge score of urban women on premenopausal symptoms and its management: Level of knowledge was divided into three categories for easy understanding and interpretation. Inadequate - <50%, Moderate - 50-75%, Adequate - >75%. Result of the study revealed that 83.33% of the urban women were belongs to inadequate knowledge level and only 16.67% of the women had moderate knowledge regarding premenopausal symptoms and its management. No one in the area had adequate knowledge. The overall knowledge score of urban women was 40.72%. Findings related to knowledge score of rural women on premenopausal symptoms and its management: The study on the rural women showed that 90% of the women were belongs to inadequate knowledge and only 10% of the women were possessed moderate knowledge. And no one in the rural area had adequate knowledge regarding the premenopausal symptoms and its management. The overall knowledge score of rural women was 33.67%. The knowledge score of rural women on general information on menopause and premenopausal period was 42.83% and of urban women was 53.8%. The knowledge score of urban and rural women on physiological symptoms related to premenopause was 36.40% and 31.22% respectively. The knowledge score on psychological symptoms of premenopausal women was 42.11% and 34.07% for urban and rural women respectively Comparison of knowledge score of urban and rural women: The overall knowledge score of the urban women was 40.72% and of the rural women was 33.67%. When compared to rural women knowledge score, the knowledge score of urban women was high. So the knowledge of the urban women was more than that of rural women. The ‘t’ test analysis of the knowledge of the urban and rural women t=15.4 was significant. Findings related to relationship of knowledge and selected demographic variables: The chi square test was used to find out the association between the demographic variables such as age, religion, marital status, education, occupation, and the source of information. Chi square analysis was found that there was an association between knowledge and educational status of the women in both rural and urban areas. Marital status and family monthly income also shows significant relationship with the knowledge of urban women. Occupational status shows significant relationship with the knowledge level of rural women. The remaining socio demographic variables such as age, religion, source of information is not significantly associated with the knowledge of women regarding the premenopausal symptoms and its management. RECOMMENDATIONS: ❖ The present study can be replicated by using a large sample so that findings can be generalized. ❖ A study can be conducted to identify the attitude of the women on premenopausal symptoms and problems faced by the women in the age of 40-50 years. ❖ A quasi experimental study can be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program on premenopausal symptoms and its management. ❖ A comparative study can be administered between premenopausal and menopausal women regarding the management of premenopausal symptoms ❖ The study can be conducted to compare the knowledge of illiterate and literate women. ❖ A study can be conducted to identify the attitude of women regarding hormone replacement therapy in relieving the premenopausal symptoms. ❖ A comparative study can be administered in rural and urban women to identify the difference in lifestyle modification associated with menopause. ❖ A study can be conducted to identify the age related problems in pre and post menopausal women among the women of age group 45-55 years.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Knowledge, Premenopausal Symptoms, Management, Women Aged between 40-50 Years, Selected Urban and Rural Areas, Namakkal District. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2020 19:48 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 19:48 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/13012 |
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