2021, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part A

Materials and Methods: A comparative descriptive research design was adopted. A total 200 (urban (n=100) and rural (n=100)) menopausal women were selected by using non- probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Majority of the rural women 58 (58%) had moderate knowledge while among urban women majority 51 (51%) had inadequate knowledge. The mean knowledge of rural women was 17.73 with a standard deviation of 4.12 and regarding urban women the mean knowledge was 16.31 with a standard deviation of 3.88. There is a difference between the knowledge of rural and urban women with as the calculated independent‘t’ value was 2.51 at 0.05 level of significance. Association was found between the religion (χ2 =15.7) in rural women and occupation (χ2 =23.2) among urban women.

Conclusion: It is important to educate the women on menopausal problems and its natural remedies in way to improve their quality of living.