A situation analysis on postmenopausal women's self-care needs and priorities in Tehran: a population-based study

• Published in: BMC public health 2023-01, Vol.23 (1), p.104-13, Article 104
• Main Authors: Simbar, Masoumeh, Nazarpour, Soheila, KhodaKarami, Nahid, Nasiri, Zeinab, Rashidi Fakari, Farzaneh, Kiani, Zahra, Keyvanfar, Sepideh, Alavi Majd, Hamid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Care and treatment; Child; Diagnosis; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Iran; Medical screening; Menopause; Menopause - psychology; Methods; Middle Aged; Postmenopausal women; Postmenopause - psychology; Self Care; Self-care, Health; Sexual Behavior; Sexual-reproductive health; Situation analysis; Social aspects; Women’s health
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15040-z

Women need special care during and after menopause. Due to the emphasis of the World Health Organization on promoting self-care in postmenopausal women, this study aims to analyze the situation and prioritize the self-care needs of postmenopausal women in the Tehran-Iran. This was a descriptive-analytical study on 486 postmenopausal women aged 46-85 years living in Tehran in 2021. The Subjects were recruited using a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected using a socio-demographic and a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess postmenopausal women's self-care status with four domains including physical health, psychosocial health, reproductive-sexual health, and screening tests. The data were analyzed by SPSS-24. The mean age of the participants was 62.58 ± 7.75 years. The mean score of self-care was 44.63 ± 21.64% in the postmenopausal women. The lowest score and highest scores were related to psychosocial health (25.12 ± 28.21%) and periodic tests (50.62 ± 24.40%) respectively. There were significant positive correlations between self-care with women's education level (r = 0.277; p