Abstract:
Purpose: The study was done to determine the relationship between the menopausal
symptoms and their impact on women‘s quality of life and to find out the perception of
women‘s health-related physiotherapy after menopause. Specific Objective: To find out
the relationship between socio-demographic status and symptoms of menopause-specific
quality of life (MENQOL) among women after menopause. To find out their perception
of women's health-related physiotherapy. Method: It is a mixed of type study. Cross
sectional study was chosen to determine the quality of life part of the study and
qualitative study was to determine the perceptional part of the study. The study
population was the postmenopausal women living in different areas of Savar Upazilla.
Total 50 participants were selected by using the convenience sampling method for this
study from Savar within 45 to 75 years of age range. Data was collected by using mixed
type of questionnaire. Data were analyzed through SPSS 23 version. Furthermore,
Microsoft excel was used for the analysis of data and for the presentation of the data as
well. Result: In this study the researcher has found that median age for post-menopausal
women is 55.5 years with normal BMI range and most of the participants are housewife.
Most frequent menopausal symptoms are hot flash (92%), Sweating (96%), gas pains
(92%), muscle and joint pain (100%), feeling tired (94%), decrease in physical strength
(98%), decrease in stamina (98%), poor memory (84%), feeling nervous (84%) etc. A
significant relationship has been found between vasomotor, psychological and physical
domain with socio-demographic characteristics. Perception about physiotherapy was
found quite positive within postmenopausal woman. Conclusion: Majority of the woman
faces difficulties during menopausal stages. The study was representing strong evidence
that post-menopausal symptoms greatly affect woman‘s quality of life. Physiotherapy can
provide great support to the suffering of a woman regarding menopausal symptoms as
their perception is quite positive still more knowledge and publicity needed about
physiotherapy among different level of the population of this country.
Key words: Menopause, Quality of Life, Perception etc
Description:
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
