Menopause Specific Quality of Life and its Psychosocial Determinants among Postmenopausal Women

Background: Menopause is one point in a continuum of life stages for women and marks the end of their reproductive years. Menopause can happen in your 40s or 50s, but the average age is 51 in the United States. Menopause is a natural biological process. But the physical symptoms, such as hot flashes, and emotional symptoms of menopause may disrupt your sleep, lower your energy or affect emotional health. Around the time of menopause, many females experience physical symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, and a reduced sex drive. It can also lead to anxiety, changes in mood, and a reduced sex drive. Methods: Quantitative non-experimental approach with cross sectional research design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. MSQOL Questionnaire, CES -D Depression scale, GAD-7 & the Social Provision Scale were used to collect data. A sample of 100 postmenopausal women were selected by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Assessment of psychosocial determinants of menopause specific quality of life was done with the help of multiple regression analysis and there was a significant regression equation (F3,96=6.89, R2=0.177, P=0.000). It shows that, depression (t value 2.89, p value 0.042), Anxiety (t value 3.664, p value 0.000) were significant predictors of menopause specific quality of life. Conclusion: The overall findings reveal that psychosocial determinants like depression and anxiety were significant and associated with menopause specific quality of life of postmenopausal women.