An online survey of postmenopausal women to determine their attitudes and knowledge of the menopause.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore postmenopausal women's attitudes and knowledge of the menopause.

Study design

An online survey to evaluate women's attitudes and knowledge of the menopause, promoted via social media. In this study, only the data from 829 women who identified as postmenopausal were analysed.

Main outcome measures

Quantitative and qualitative data.

Results

Regarding women's attitudes towards the menopause before they went through it, 18.0% were accepting of it, 15.8% were dreading it and 5.1% were looking forward to it. 38.1% of women felt that the menopause was difficult, 24.6% felt it was very difficult and 20.7% felt it was fine. 94.1% of women had never been taught about the menopause at school, and 49.0% did not feel informed at all about the menopause.

SUBMITTER: Aljumah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273865 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature