Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors of Women Aged 30-49 Years Towards Menopause In Gulele Sub-City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yisma Engida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eshetu Natnael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-17T06:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T09:01:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-17T06:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T09:01:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Menopause is a process which typically occurs during the ages of 45 and 55and is marked by a reduction in estrogen and progesterone levels and eventual cessation ofmenstruation. Appropriate understanding of the menopausal phenomenon among womenregarding physical, mental, social and psychological changes that occur during menopausewill help women to cope with menopausal changes with greater readiness. Knowledge andattitude of menopausal phenomenon are greatly influenced by social, cultural and economic settings and may influence the method of treatment for menopausal symptoms.In Ethiopia, health policies and programs give much emphasis on women's health promotion but given less emphasis for menopause phenomena and few studies have been conducted in the field of investigating women's knowledge and attitude towards menopause and its associated factors. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess level of knowledge and attitude of women aged 30-49 years towards menopause in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopiafrom April 26 to May 10, 2015. Methods: A cross-sectional community based study was conducted on a sample of 586mothers aged 30-49 years in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa Ethiopia using multi-stage sampling method. Data on knowledge status of mothers regrinding menopause, attitude ofmothers towards menopause and other pertinent variables were collected usinginterviewer-administered questionnaires. The gathered data analysis was done by thesoftware SPSS version 20. The association between knowledge, and attitude towardsmenopause and the independent variables was investigated using binary logistic regressionmodel. Results: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of natural menopause is 8.9%. Out of 568 respondents 63.3% knew about the age of menopause and 72.2% knew menopause occurs due to decrease in sexual hormones. Respondents, 68.3%, believed that menopause is a usual and natural phenomenon in women’s life and 55.1% perceivedmenopause as the beginning of the period of women’s disablement. Regarding the level of knowledge, 15.7% had poor knowledge, 61.8% had moderate knowledge and 22.5% had good knowledge. On the other hand, 84% of the women had a positive attitude towardsmenopause. The study showed that there is a significant association between knowledgeabout menopause and having information about menopause [Adjusted OR = 0.143 (95%CI:0.073, 0.281)] and economic status [Adjusted OR = 0.369 (95%CI: 0.192, 0.710)]. Thereis also a significant association between attitude and economic status (lower economicstatus [Adjusted OR = 0.11 (95%CI: 0.044, 0.275)], and medium economic status[Adjusted OR = 0.217 (95%CI: 0.085, 0.55)]), having information about menopause[Adjusted OR = 0.143 (95%CI: 0.196, 0.566)] and age (30-34) group [Adjusted OR = 0.203(95%CI: 0.089, 0.463)]. Conclusions and recommendations: knowledge and attitude of women's towardsmenopause was found low and positive in this study respectively. The relationship betweenknowledge and economic status; and the source of information was found to be significant.There was also a significant association between attitude and economic status; the sourceof information; and age. Federal Ministry of health, Addis Ababa Health bureau and themass media should disseminate appropriate information concerning menopause to raise theknowledge of women. Health professional should manage menopause as one-phenomenon rather than treating it as an individual symptoms. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8855 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Knowledge Attitude Women Aged 30-49 Years | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors of Women Aged 30-49 Years Towards Menopause In Gulele Sub-City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |