Authors : Dr. Priya Sharma; Dr. Vadivukkarasi P

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24SEP963

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Abstract : Women are more precious entity since the they are the instrument for the generation of human being. They faces lot of challenges throughout their life from menarche till menopause.. They develop their own coping strategies.  Methodology: Cross sectional descriptive survey design was used. Cluster sampling was used to select 708 women above 35 years of age. They were screened by using structured perimenopause screening tool in Phase I and a total of 104 perimenopause women formed the sample in Phase II at Yenaggude village Udupi district, Karnataka.  Results: The prevalence of perimenopause was 146.89/1000 women in the year 2011. Majority 69.20% had average knowledge on perimenopause. There was no association between knowledge with age, education, occupation, marital status, age at marriage, age at menarche, monthly family income and religion.  Conclusion: Women presented with different symptoms of varying intensity and practiced various self-care measures. The self-care practices are found to be associated with a few symptoms and demographic variables, and their association can be further explored upon.

Keywords : Perimenopause, Menopausal Symptoms.

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