A Study to Assess the Quality of Life of Postmenopausal Women in View to Develop a Self Instructional Module on Coping Strategies of Menopausal Problems in Selected Areas of Mohali, Punjab

INTRODUTION Women experience various turning points in their life cycle, which may be developmental or transitional. Midlife is one such transitional period which brings about important changes in women. Menopause is a unique stage of female reproductive life cycle, a transition from reproductive to non reproductive stage. Advanced middle age extend from age 50 60,the onset is marked by physical and mental changes at sixty there is usually a decline in physical vigor, often accompanied by decrease in mental alertness women go through the menopause at which time the menstrual period cease and they loss their child bearing ability.AIM OF THE STUDY Aim of the study is to increase the awareness regarding coping strategies of menopausal problem among postmenopausal women by the distributing the self instructional module.MATERIAL AND MATHODS A descriptive research design was used to conduct study on 150 menopausal women who fulfilling the inclusion criteria by using Convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by using socio demographic profile and perceived level of satisfaction felt by the menopausal women about their life in terms of physical, psychological, environmental and social domain assessed by WHOQOL BREF standardized 5 point likert scale. RESULTS The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics and the finding showed that majority 70.6 of postmenopausal women were having fair quality of life, 28 of them had poor quality of life, 1.3 of them had good quality of life.CONCLUSION This study concludes that the rural women are having low quality of life and there is a need for social support and coping strategies to optimize the ability to enjoy good health, improved their overall quality of life and enable them to life healthier as long as possible. Kamaljeet Kaur | Dr. S Victor Devasirvadam | Dr. Priyanka Chaudhary "A Study to Assess the Quality of Life of Postmenopausal Women in View to Develop a Self Instructional Module on Coping Strategies of Menopausal Problems in Selected Areas of Mohali, Punjab" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49709.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/49709/a-study-to-assess-the-quality-of-life-of-postmenopausal-women-in-view-to-develop-a-self-instructional-module-on-coping-strategies-of-menopausal-problems-in-selected-areas-of-mohali-punjab/kamaljeet-kaur