A study to assess the level of hot flushes among menopausal women at Namakkal District

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
13
Article ID: 
26668
4 pages
Research Article

A study to assess the level of hot flushes among menopausal women at Namakkal District

Dr. Jayadeepa, T.

Abstract: 

A Descriptive research design study was conducted among 20 menopausal women residing in Sakthi Nagar, Namakkal to assess the level of incidence of Hot flushes among Menopausal women by using MRS (Menopause Rating Scale). The demographic variables of the findings revealed that the Highest percentage (60%) of women were in the age group of 57- 60 years, 30 % them had Secondary education, 30 % & 30 % of them were moderate and heavy workers. 45% of the menopausal women attained menarche at the age of 14 years. 65% of the menopausal women were Hindus. The level of Hot flushes scores shows that 40% of menopausal women had moderate Hot flushes symptoms, 45% of menopausal women had severe Hot flushes symptoms and 15% of menopausal women had very severe Hot flushes symptoms. No significant thw association was found between level of hot flushes symptoms scores and their demographic variables.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.26668.04.2023
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