Impact of menopausal symptoms on quality of life among women's in Qena city.

Abstract

Back ground: Menopause, the time when a woman stops having menstrual periods, is not a disease or an illness for most women, menopause is a normally occur between age range 48-55 years.. Quality of life it encompasses several constructs including physical functional emotional social and cognitive variables. Aim of the study: To assess the Impact of menopausal symptoms on quality of life among women's in Qena City. Subjects and methods: A descriptive cross section study design was carried out on (250 menopausal women).Data was collected through a questionnaire to collect necessary data. Setting: The study was conducted at out patient's clinics of Qena University and general hospitals. Results: the study results revealed that mean age of women was (53.6± 6.5),more than half(67.2%) was illiterate , majority of women (80.8%) as a house wife more than three-fourth of women (77.8%) had poor quality of life with sever menopausal rating syndrome,. found that the majority of women (84.4%&78.8%) had physical effect & social effect on Quality of life respectively . there are a a positive strong correlation between Menopausal symptoms and QoL R=0.878 so there was statistical significance difference,. Conclusion: Menopause causes decrease in quality of life and a positive correlation between menopausal symptoms & quality of live. Keywords: QOL (quality of life),MRS (menopausal rating scale).