“A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS BETWEEN THE NATURAL AND SURGICAL POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF VADODARA.”

Abstract

Menopause, in many parts of world, is regarded as being a major event in women’s life. Normally in
women of all over the world, regardless of culture and country of origin, will experience menopause and
aging during their lives. Menopause is a unique event in a women’s life which has many symptoms.
Frequency and severity of these symptoms vary, and they are based on the women’s epidemiological
characteristics. During the menopausal transition the hormonal changes will take place that affect many
biological systems and it can be distressing. Material and methods: A Cross sectional design was used for
the study, in this study total 200 sample taken, calculated by power analysis & selected by Purposive
sampling technique. Sample divided in two group 1: 100 Natural Postmenopausal women and group 2:100
were Surgical Postmenopausal women. Data collected by using checklist. The collected data tabulated and
analyzed by use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The result revealed that, out of 200
samples, for the comparison unpaired t test was conducted which found that mean and SD of prevalence of
menopausal symptoms among Natural Menopausal women and Surgical Menopausal women respectively,
6.11±1.86 and 6.10±2.56 gives t value 0.032. The Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among Urban and
Rural respectively, 51.1±0.99 and t value is 0.347. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is no
significant difference between the groups of Natural & Surgical Postmenopausal women and the prevalence
of menopausal symptoms. And there is a significant difference between the Urban and Rural groups and the
prevalence of menopausal symptoms.