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Chi-square applied as statistical test of significance for the association between severity of menopausal symptoms and qualitative variables. <i>P</i> < 0.05 considered to be statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of the study participants was found to be 53.86 ± 7.15 years. The present study concludes that residing locality, educational status, occupation, certain lifestyle factors and some socio-cultural factors, type of menopause and duration since menopause was found to be statistically significantly related to severity of menopausal symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Large efforts are required to make women aware of menopausal symptoms so that they can seek treatment, if necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":15856,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care","volume":"14 8","pages":"3376-3383"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12488136/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Factors affecting severity of menopausal symptoms: A cross-sectional study among post-menopausal females in a teaching institution in central India.\",\"authors\":\"Nisha Singh, Sangeeta Kori, Lubana Shaikh, Aarti Sahasrabuddhe\",\"doi\":\"10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1304_24\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Menopause and its effects on lifestyle of a woman has now become an important emerging public health issue owing to the global rise in life expectancy. 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Factors affecting severity of menopausal symptoms: A cross-sectional study among post-menopausal females in a teaching institution in central India.
Background: Menopause and its effects on lifestyle of a woman has now become an important emerging public health issue owing to the global rise in life expectancy. Menopause is not a disease but the symptoms and their severities, can be very challenging and remain largely ignored by the policy makers and physicians.
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to find out the factors influencing the severity of menopausal symptoms among post-menopausal females.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study conducted for a period of one year. Data collected using systematic random sampling from 255 post-menopausal women and analysis was performed with Epi-Info 7.2. Chi-square applied as statistical test of significance for the association between severity of menopausal symptoms and qualitative variables. P < 0.05 considered to be statistically significant.
Results: The mean age of the study participants was found to be 53.86 ± 7.15 years. The present study concludes that residing locality, educational status, occupation, certain lifestyle factors and some socio-cultural factors, type of menopause and duration since menopause was found to be statistically significantly related to severity of menopausal symptoms.
Conclusion: Large efforts are required to make women aware of menopausal symptoms so that they can seek treatment, if necessary.