| dc.description.abstract | Menopause is one of the most critical stages of life
among women. Presences of uro-gynaecological
symptoms (UGS) possess a greater influence on
wellbeing and activities of day today life of postmenopausal
(PM) women. The main objective of
the cross sectional survey was to determine the
prevalence and risk factors of UGS among PM
women in Bope-Poddala MOH area.265 randomly
selected community dwelling PM women, aged
between 50 – 65 years were included. A selfadministered
questionnaire was used to collect
data. Binary logistic regression with SPSS 20.0
was applied to detect the risk factors for higher
prevalence of menopausal symptoms. At least two
UGS were present with all women studied. Among
the reported symptoms, commonly reported, mild
symptoms were dyspareunia (54.7%) and vaginal
itching (53.2%) while stress incontinence (52.5%)
and urinary frequency (48.3%) were reported as
moderately severe symptoms. Urge incontinence
(12.5%) and overflow incontinence (15.5%) were
reported commonly as severe symptoms and very
severe symptoms reported by the participants
were dyspareunia (9.4%) and stress incontinence
(5.7%). Married women (p<0.05, OR=5.802),
unemployed women (p<0.05, OR=9.731),
women with a history of dysmenorrhea (p<0.05,
OR=0.416), age of menopause (p<0.05, OR=4.871),
vaginal deliveries (p<0.05, OR=14.856), caesarian
sections (p<0.05, OR=0.449), use of hormonal
contraceptives (p<0.05, OR=0.003), body mass
index (BMI) (p<0.05, OR=0.224) and breast fed
duration (p<0.05, OR=0.024) were at a higher
risk of getting UGS. This study identifies the high
prevalence of UGS and certain risk factors for
them. Alternative measures to improve to UGS
need to be emphasized among PM women. | en_US |
