Effectiveness of Flax Seeds Supplementation on Health Related Qol and Symptom Experience among Post Menopausal Women at B.V.V. Sangha’s Akkanabalaga, Bagalkot

Abstract

Women’s health has been a global concern for many decades. The focus of women’s health researchers and health policy planners has also shifted towards postmenopausal women since recent trends suggest an increase in their number and life expectancy. Postmenopausal women have to face a lot of problems, both physically and psychologically. They have to cope with these changes and accept their new role in the society and family. The earlier the age of menarche, the earlier menopause tends to occur. Women need health teaching to learn the normal parameters of menopause so they may continue to monitor their own health during this time. The age at which natural menopausal period occurs in between the ages of 40 -55 for women worldwide. In 1990, 25 million women worldwide reached the menopause, this number is expected to double by late 2020.An average growth rate of 2-3.5% in the number of women aged over 50 is projected for the developing regions between 1990&20308. In the United States, 1.3 million women reach menopause annually. Although most women transition to menopause without experiencing psychiatric problems, an estimated 20% have depression at some point during menopause. Insomnia occurs in 40-50% of women during the menopausal transition, and problems with sleep may or may not be connected to mood disorders. Women with insomnia are more likely than others to report problems such as anxiety, stress, tension, irritation and depressive symptoms.

Methods: A True Experimental pre test post test research design, was used for present study. The samples of 50 post menopausal women were selected by simple random sampling technique method data was collected by self-structured questionnaires, The data analysis done by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: The comparison of pre-test and post-test, the quality of life of post menopausal women shows that the mean post test score of symptom experience is significantly lower than the mean pre-test score (t=12.730, p<0.001). and the mean post-test score is significantly higher than the mean pre-test score (t=9.973, p<0.001). There is no significant association between socio demographic variables for both symptom experience and QOL scores of postmenopausal women.

Conclusion: The study found that the implementation of flaxseed supplementation intervention beneficial strategy for managing post-menopausal symptoms.