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cultural aspects of experiencing menopause among women posterji | poster presentations
in Cerknica region
Urška Bombač, Mirko Prosen
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Introduction: Menopause is a normal stage of a woman’s life. In many women,
the accompanying symptoms have a significant impact on the quality of life. The
aim of the study was to explore how the menopausal period influenced the life
of women living in Cerknica region.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive research design was used. The purposive
sample of six women, who were at the time of the study in menopause and
were living in Cerknica region, were interviewed by using semi-structured in-
terviews. The data were analysed with the content analysis method.
Results: The analysis identified three themes: (1) menopausal period and quali-
ty of life, (2) perceived changes in the menopausal period, (3) experiencing and
accepting menopause. Interviewers believe more women should be aware of
menopause. All the respondents agree that the quality of their lives improved
during menopause. In addition, they improve the quality of their lives by rais-
ing awareness about menopause and everything that comes with it. Majority al-
so agree that women should be more informed about this topic and that more
health care activities should be implemented in order to improve the quality of
life in this period.
Discussion and conclusions: Interviewers experience menopause as positive
period in their life, however they feel that they are not well educated by health
care professionals. The development of appropriate communication strategy
and suitable health care program to reach this objective is needed.
Keywords: premenopause, perimenopause, postmenopause, climacterium,
health education
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in Cerknica region
Urška Bombač, Mirko Prosen
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Introduction: Menopause is a normal stage of a woman’s life. In many women,
the accompanying symptoms have a significant impact on the quality of life. The
aim of the study was to explore how the menopausal period influenced the life
of women living in Cerknica region.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive research design was used. The purposive
sample of six women, who were at the time of the study in menopause and
were living in Cerknica region, were interviewed by using semi-structured in-
terviews. The data were analysed with the content analysis method.
Results: The analysis identified three themes: (1) menopausal period and quali-
ty of life, (2) perceived changes in the menopausal period, (3) experiencing and
accepting menopause. Interviewers believe more women should be aware of
menopause. All the respondents agree that the quality of their lives improved
during menopause. In addition, they improve the quality of their lives by rais-
ing awareness about menopause and everything that comes with it. Majority al-
so agree that women should be more informed about this topic and that more
health care activities should be implemented in order to improve the quality of
life in this period.
Discussion and conclusions: Interviewers experience menopause as positive
period in their life, however they feel that they are not well educated by health
care professionals. The development of appropriate communication strategy
and suitable health care program to reach this objective is needed.
Keywords: premenopause, perimenopause, postmenopause, climacterium,
health education
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