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To study the mean age of menopause; To study the Prevalence of menopausal symptoms; To study the treatment seeking behavior of postmenopausal women. Materials and method: Descriptive study at Govt Maternity Hospital, Tirupati, AP. 200 postmenopausal women aged between 40 -60 years with natural onset menopause attending Outpatient department of Obstetrics and gynecology were included in the study. A semi structured interview followed by examination and relevant investigations were done for all of the 200 women. Data was analyzed by mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage and Pearson correlation test. The study was started after ethical committee approval (Lr no. 06/2022). Results: The mean age of menopause was 47.8 years.80 % women had menopausal symptoms. The most frequently reported symptoms were hot flush by 28.7% of women, Backache in 20 % and Joint pain 17.75% women. 78 women (48.75%) were on post-menopausal therapy. Out of which 50 on HRT and 28 on non-HRT management. Conclusion: The present study concluded that mean age at menopause was 47.8 years. This reproductive landmark, the age of onset of menopause has increased in past 15 years.

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