International Journal of Nursing Education

Menopause is a very complex time in women's life during which unpredictable fluctuations in ovarian function and their consequences occur. Research has demonstrated the positive effects of exercise and physical activity on reducing menopausal symptoms. A quantitative research approach was used to determine the effectiveness of interventional package on menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women.

The objectives of the study were to assess the menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women, to assess the effectiveness of an interventional package on menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women of experimental group, to find out the association between the menopausal symptoms with the selected demographic variables.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a quantitative quasi experimental pretest posttest control group design was adopted to collect data from the selected 60 postmenopausal women in selected Kudumbashree units at Pathanamthitta. Standardized menopausal rating scale was used to assess the menopausal symptoms.

The findings of the study reveals that 50% of the postmenopausal women were in the age group of 51–55 years, 75% were multipara, 73.3% had natural menopause, 66.7% postmenopausal women were unemployed and 73.3% got information from peer group. The findings of the present study revealed that there was significant difference in the menopausal symptoms before and after interventional package in the experimental group as the calculated ‘t’ value greater than table value at 0.05 level of significance. The association of menopausal symptoms with selected demographic variables showed that menopause is significantly associated with type of menopause and parity. The study concluded that the interventional package is effective for reducing menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women.