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标题：Menopausal Symptoms: A Comparative Study among Rural and Urban Women of Eastern India
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作者：Saswatika Beura ; Lipilekha Patnaik ; Manisha Sahu 等
期刊名称：National Journal of Community Medicine
印刷版ISSN：0976-3325
电子版ISSN：2229-6816
出版年度：2021
卷号：12
期号：11
页码：374-379
DOI：10.5455/njcm.20211120070507
语种：English
出版社：National Journal of Community Medicine
摘要：Introduction: In India, socio-economic status, lifestyle, environment, facilities, utilization of resources, education, etc. are the major indicators for the classification in rural and urban population. Material and Methods: This study conducted among 210 rural and urban women in the age group of 40-60 years. Data were collected by using predesigned and pretested schedule and the Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS) was used. Results: The mean age of the participants was 49.20 ± 5.37 years. There were significant differences on the age of menarche, marriage, first pregnancy, first child delivery between the rural and urban women (P<0.05). Significant differences found about the knowledge regarding menopausal symptoms, age of attaining menopause, hormonal therapy, and discussion of menopausal symptoms among them. The most com-mon symptom was loss of interest in sex reported by 72.4% of rural women and in urban muscle and joint pains (73.3%) reported by maximum participants. The menopausal symptoms like pressure or tightness in head and loss of interest in sex found significantly higher between the rural and urban women (P<0.05). Conclusion: Efforts are needed to educate and make the women aware of menopausal symptoms mainly in rural and counselling of all women is needed.
关键词：Menopausal status;Climacteric stage;GCS