A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING NO PAUSE AMONG PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN AT SELECTED RURAL AREAS IN TUMKUR

Menopause is natural aging process and common among women of all the religion, customs, and creed in all over the world. Though the medical technology and care is advanced still the menopause exists in the women. Therefore this menopausal stage stop priority to deal with their life after reproductive age group. However the menopause vary from individual to individual. Some people will get short period, some of them extend up to 6 to 7 years and some people without any symptoms will finish the menopausal periods Objectives: 1.To assess the knowledge and attitude level regarding menopause among perimenopausal women in selected rural area. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module among perimenopausal women in selected rural area. Methodology: Pre experimental one group pre test and post test design was used. The sample size was 60. Nonprobability convenient sampling technique. Conceptual work Penders health promotion model. The data collected by using structured questionnaire to assess pre existing knowledge and structured attitude scale is used to assess the attitude regarding menopause among perimenopausal women in rural area. Result: The pretest mean score of knowledge was 15.75 and attitude was 53.18. The posttest mean score of knowledge was 20.73 and attitude was 75.97. The obtained "t‟ value for comparison of knowledge score was 9.781 at 0.01 level of significance. The calculated "t‟ value for the comparison of attitude score was 17.399 at 0.01 level of significance. It indicates that there was difference between pretest and post test score which depicts self instructional module on perimenopausal care. Conclusion: The overall knowledge and attitude of the perimenopausal women was inadequate in pretest and it was increased after self instructional module. The SIM intervention helped them to learn more about the management of menopausal symptoms. The posttest knowledge and attitude score showed a significant increase in the level of knowledge and attitude of perimenopausal women. Hence the SIM intervention is an effective teaching stratergy for providing information and improving the understanding of perimenopausal women.