Open AccessMENOPAUSE AND HRT
Author(s) -
Shugufta Shaheen,
Anila Mahmood,
Farzana Kadri,
Ana Mehreen Rajput
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.07.1180
Subject(s) - medicine , menopause , socioeconomic status , observational study , cross sectional study , family medicine , gerontology , demography , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Objective: To find out awareness about menopause and HRT in thepostmenopausal women. Study Design: Cross sectional and observational study. Setting:Gynaecological Department of Al Tibiri Medical College Isra University, Karachi Campus andLady Dufferin Hospital Karachi. Period: May 2013 to December 2013. Method: Total 150women were selected in the study. All the cases were undergone interviewed after takingconsent form. All the data regarding residential status and awareness about menopause andHRT, along socioeconomic characteristics were entered on Performa. Results: The meanage of respondents was 52.6 ± 8.5 years.Mostly women were belongs with rural areas 68%,with poor socioeconomic condition 63%and uneducated 51%.In the majority 65% caseswere documented without awareness regardingmenopause and HRT. Conclusions: In theconclusion of this study mostly women lacked awareness regarding menopause and hormonereplacement therapy. Mostly ideasof the women concerning menopause are such as; it isnatural thing and without medical association.