Exploring the Relationships between Resilience, Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life in Perimenopause Women. A Cross-Sectional Study

The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of resilience and quality of life (QoL) in menopause women. The study further examines the moderating role of socio-demographic variables in relationship with menopause symptoms. This cross-sectional study, employed multi-stage sampling technique to sample 386 perimenopause women from the urban population of Islamabad for the study. The menopause rating scale (MRS), Nicholson McBride Resilience Questionnaire (NMRS), and Quality of life scale were used to collect data. The perimenopause women aged between 40 – 55 years were included and those who were at menopause were excluded. The results showed that the majority of responders 142 (36.5%), were between the ages of 40 and 45, married people made up 83.8%. and 60.4% of the women had a degree or diploma. Our study found a significant relationship between quality of life and menopause symptoms (p=0.01) but no association between resilience and menopause symptoms. Further analysis revealed that only the predominant lifestyle demographic variable was related to menopause symptoms (p=.0.01). This study concluded that the overall frequency of menopause symptoms in perimenopause women was low. The resilience level of perimenopause women was at a developing level and quality of life was good. There was no link between resilience and menopause symptoms but menopause symptom was linked with quality of life.