• Mr. Omkar Desai
• Mr. Veeresh Kademani2
• Ms. Sheryl G. Fernandes

ABSTRACT Background: Menopause which has short term changes and long term risk that can have major impact on overall women’s health on quality of life. Particularly, menopause implies considerable process of physiological changes. Objectives: 1) To assess the pre-test knowledge regarding menopausal signs, symptoms and its management among perimenopausal women. 2) To evaluate effectiveness of structured teaching programme on menopausal signs, symptoms and its management among perimenopausal women. 3) To find the association between the pre-test knowledge score with selected socio-demographic variables. Setting: The study was conducted in the field practice area at Yerikoppa, Dharwad. Sample: 40 samples of perimenopausal women between the age groups of 45 to 55 years were included in the study. Results: The findings of the study reviled that there was overall enhancement in the knowledge scores of post-test after the STP with a mean knowledge score of 13.05. The student’s paired t-test reflects the significance in the enhancement of overall knowledge studied at 5% level (P<0.05). Chi Square analysis revealed statistical significant association between knowledge of perimenopausal women with demographic variables such as; type of family (8.7*), occupational status (40.9*) of perimenapausal women at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Use of the modified approach in discriminating health information indicated that there is a significant improvement in the knowledge of perimenopausal women after the implementation of STP. Hence health education and teaching programs are effective means to enhance knowledge among perimenopausal women in maintaining healthy life style.

KEY WORDS: Perimenopausal women, knowledge, signs, symptoms and the management of menopause, Knowledge, structured teaching programme (STP).

"“To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on menopausal signs, symptoms and its management among perimenopausal women residing in field practice area, Dharwad”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.a650-a659, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207080.pdf

"“To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on menopausal signs, symptoms and its management among perimenopausal women residing in field practice area, Dharwad”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppa650-a659, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207080.pdf