• Mrs.Sofiya Princess Hema.S ,
• Ms.Priyadharsin
• Mrs.Vimala.V

Menopause is tough phase in a women’s life, but she can make life as happy and productive as before, by adjusting to the changes in her life. The main aim of the study was to assess the awareness on menopause among women attending selected outpatient departments of PSG hospitals, Coimbatore. The Objectives were to assess the level of knowledge on menopause among women and to find out the association between the knowledge levels of women on menopause with their selected demographic variables. A descriptive design was used in the study. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 88 women attending selected outpatient departments of PSG Hospitals. Data was collected using a semi structured knowledge questionnaire for assessing the level of knowledge regarding menopause. Inferential and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The study reveals that, out of 88 samples 50% of samples have inadequate knowledge regarding menopause, followed by 48% with moderately adequate knowledge and only 2% with adequate knowledge. There was a significant association level of knowledge of women on menopause with the demographic variable of family income (p<0.05 level)

Menopause, Semi structured knowledge questionnaire.

"AWARENESS ON MENOPAUSE AMONG WOMEN IN SELECTED OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF SELECTED HOSPITAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.114-117, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905H19.pdf

"AWARENESS ON MENOPAUSE AMONG WOMEN IN SELECTED OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF SELECTED HOSPITAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp114-117, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905H19.pdf