The Relation between Menopausal Symptoms among Rural Women and Their Quality of Life

Soliman, Fatma; El-Zeftawy, Amaal Mohamed Ahmed

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2021.208503

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“…On estimating the total score of menopausal symptoms intensity using the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS), the results of the present study showed that menopausal women were more likely to have moderate intensity. The current finding is consistent with a study carried out in Tanta, Egypt, where it was reported that rural menopausal women mainly had moderate menopausal symptoms (Soliman & El-Zeftawy, 2021). This could be explained by rural women having a lower quality of life, which leads to a lower level of concern about their health.…”

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Traditional Practices To Control Menopausal Symptoms Among Women In El Amreya Region, Alexandria

Safy Saad,

Ibrahim Sobhy,

Abdelrahman Kandeel

et al. 2023

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal

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Background: Menopause is a typical stage of life transition for women, and it has been discovered that culture has a big impact on how women manage this stage of life transition, particularly the physiological and psychosocial symptoms of menopause. Due to strong roots in their cultural and traditional customs, women tend to take a passive attitude toward controlling symptoms throughout the menopausal transition. Objective: Identify traditional practices to control menopausal symptoms among women in the El Amreya region, Alexandria. Setting: the study was carried out at the EL Amreya General Hospital's gynaecological outpatient clinic in EL Amreya, Alexandria Governorate. Subjects: A convenient sample of 200 women was selected from the previously mentioned setting. Tools: three tools were used for data collection. The first tool was sociodemographic and clinical data from a structured interview schedule. The second tool was the Greene Climacteric Scale, used for subjective assessment of menopausal symptoms. The third tool was traditional practices used to overcome menopausal symptoms structured interview schedule. Results: The study results revealed that traditional practices used to control menopausal symptoms were religious rituals for feeling tense or nervous and excitability, and herbs were also used for difficulty sleeping, breathing difficulties, and hot flashes. In addition, herbs and cupping are used to control muscle and joint pains. Family and relatives were the main sources of information about menopausal women's traditional practices, as well as sources of getting the practice, which were primarily the holy Quran for religious rituals, spice dealers for herbs, and medical stores for cupping. Conclusion: Most traditional practices used to control menopausal symptoms were religious rituals, herbs, and cupping. Recommendations: Evidence-based information and research about traditional practices should be encouraged among obstetric and gynecologic nurses to evaluate their effectiveness and risks.

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Traditional Practices To Control Menopausal Symptoms Among Women In El Amreya Region, Alexandria

Safy Saad,

Ibrahim Sobhy,

Abdelrahman Kandeel

et al. 2023

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal

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“…Women with good nutritional status will experience menopause at a normal age while women with obesity are slower menopause. This situation is related to the amount of fat in his body which affects his reproductive hormone levels (Kupcewicz et al, 2021); (Soliman & El-Zeftawy, 2021). The results of previous studies found, the relationship between nutritional status and menopausal age, women who are overweight will experience menopause delays who are at risk for breast cancer (Meneses et al, 2020); (Shang & Xu, 2022).…”

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Behavior Of Rural Women Of Special Region Of Yogyakarta (Diy) In An Effort To Prevent Menopausal Complaints And Weight Gain

Simangunsong,

Ekwantini,

Marlisa

2023

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Periodically, a woman's reproductive function will experience significant changes with age. Various complaints are experienced at this time ranging from mild to severe somatic complaints and even an increase in Body Mass Index (BMI). This study aims to identify increases in weight, blood pressure, menopausal complaints and complaint control behaviors experienced during menopause in 70 menopausal women in DIY in 2020. It was found that as many as 65.7% of women had menopause in the age group of 53-55 years, the highest level of education (72.8%) in the low category (elementary, junior high), working mothers (84.3%), the age of marriage was ≤ 20 years (81.4%) and had children > 2 people (72.9%). It was found that as many as 28 people (40%) had BMI in the fat and obesity categories, 42 people (60%) had blood pressure in the prehypertensive to hypertensive categories, had the heaviest menopausal complaints in complaints of discomfort in the joints and muscles (pain in the joints, rheumatic complaints) and behavior towards efforts to control menopausal complaints in the form of frequency and regular eating patterns until physical activity was considered still low. Ongoing health education efforts are needed for women in rural areas related to the impact of menopause and efforts to prevent complaints and weight gain experienced after menopause.

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The Relation between Menopausal Symptoms among Rural Women and Their Quality of Life

Cited by 2 publications

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Traditional Practices To Control Menopausal Symptoms Among Women In El Amreya Region, Alexandria

Traditional Practices To Control Menopausal Symptoms Among Women In El Amreya Region, Alexandria

Behavior Of Rural Women Of Special Region Of Yogyakarta (Diy) In An Effort To Prevent Menopausal Complaints And Weight Gain

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