Perception of women’s health-related physiotherapy and quality of life among women after menopause

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