Menopause: Knowledge, attitude and practice among Italian women

Background:Appropriate understanding of women that certain physical, mental, social and psychological changes occur during menopause helps them with greater readiness to cope with these changes. In all training programs to identify and analyze perceptions of the subjects is a key component. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of women toward the menopause phenomenon.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 healthy and non-menopaused women aged 40–45 years. The stratified sampling method was used and participation in this study was based on obtaining informed consent. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisting of three parts: demographic information, questions to assess knowledge and attitude investigation questions.Findings:The results showed that the average knowledge score of subjects was 63.57 ± 10.79, and their average attitude score was 61.21 ± 12.73. In this study, 8% of the subjects had poor knowledge, 68% had moderate knowledge and 38.5% had good knowledge. Meanwhile, 81.5% of the women had a positive attitude toward menopause. The correlation test showed that knowledge and attitude are meaningfully related to economic status and education level. But, the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of women under study was not significant.Conclusion:Identifying the quality of women's subjective perception of menopause has an essential role in the development of accurate and appropriate programs to promote women's health during menopausal years.

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“…Of course, Donati showed in a study in Italy (2009) that more than half of the samples had no information about menopause. [161718]…”

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Knowledge and attitude toward menopause phenomenon among women aged 40-45 years

Noroozi¹,

Dolatabadi

Hassanzadeh³

et al. 2013

J Edu Health Promot

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“…Inadequate sources of information (Donati et al, 2009;Nir-Caein et al, 2002), lack of social support (Im, 1997), and unwillingness to consult health care providers about menopause symptoms and management (Conboy, Domar, & O'Connell, 2001;I, 1994) have been shown to contribute to the lack of knowledge about menopause. Singaporean women at all stages of the menopause continuum did seek out information, but only from two possibly inadequate sources.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Associated With Menopause: A Multi-ethnic, Qualitative Study in Singapore

Mackey

Teo

Dramusic

et al. 2013

Health Care for Women International

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We explored knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with the menopause transition particular to women in the multi-ethnic cultural context of Singapore. Fifty-eight Chinese, Malay, and Indian Singaporean women participated in interviews that were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Women from all three ethnicities described an attitude of acceptance surrounding menopause and the changes associated with it. While they thought it was important to be informed, they did not seek out information about menopause and did not view health professionals as useful sources of information. Management practices were diverse and rarely involved accessing health professionals.

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“…A plausible explanation for these differences is regional differences in health education or the provision of information about the menopause. Previous studies of knowledge of the menopause among Italian women did not specifically examine the role of geography [16,23,24].…”

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Macro-regional variation in attitudes toward and experiences of vulvar and vaginal atrophy among Italian post-menopausal women: a post hoc analysis of REVIVE survey data

Nappi

Particco²,

Biglia³

et al. 2017

Gynecological Endocrinology

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Italian participants in the European REVIVE survey reported that vaginal and vulvar atrophy (VVA) impaired various aspects of their lives, notably the ability to enjoy sex. The aim of the present study was to explore regional differences in knowledge, experiences, and treatment of VVA in the Italian REVIVE sample (n ¼ 1000), which was analyzed according to region of residence. While many respondents were unfamiliar with the VVA condition, most could relate their VVA symptoms to the menopause. The rate of diagnosis of VVA was twice as high in Central Italy as in the North-East. For individual VVA symptoms, 25.4-41.6% of respondents judged that the symptom had worsened over time. There were no significant regional differences for symptoms in terms of reported rate, change in severity, impact on sexual activity, or health-care visits. Testosterone cream and OTC medication based on hyaluronic acid showed significant regional differences in lifetime rates of use. In Italy, there are modest regional differences in knowledge, diagnosis, and treatment of VVA, some of which may be explained by inter-regional differences in health care. Further efforts are needed to ensure that Italian women are properly informed about VVA and have access to appropriate health care and treatments.

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Menopause: Knowledge, attitude and practice among Italian women

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Knowledge and attitude toward menopause phenomenon among women aged 40-45 years

Knowledge and attitude toward menopause phenomenon among women aged 40-45 years

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Associated With Menopause: A Multi-ethnic, Qualitative Study in Singapore

Macro-regional variation in attitudes toward and experiences of vulvar and vaginal atrophy among Italian post-menopausal women: a post hoc analysis of REVIVE survey data

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