Effectiveness of Community Based Educational Package CBEP on Knowledge Attitude Quality of Life Stress and Coping Strategies among Postmenopausal Women Residing in Rural area of Mohali Punjab

Abstract

Background: The menopausal health of rural population is usually characterized by newlinegross inadequate knowledge and support systems. This will, therefore, be a study newlineaimed at determining the efficacy of the Community Based Educational Package with newlineregard to Knowledge, Attitude, Quality of Life, Stress, and Coping Strategies among newlinepostmenopausal women in the rural area of Mohali, Punjab. newlineObjectives: newline1. To assess the pre-test and post-test levels of Knowledge, Attitude, Quality of newlineLife, Stress and Coping Strategies among postmenopausal women in the newlineexperimental and control group. newline2. To develop and implement Community Based Educational Package (CBEP) on newlineKnowledge, Attitude, Quality of Life, Stress, and Coping Strategies among newlinePostmenopausal symptoms. newline3. To evaluate the effectiveness of Community Based Educational Package (CBEP) newlineon Knowledge, Attitude, Quality of Life, Stress and Coping Strategies among newlinepostmenopausal women in the experimental and control group. newline4. To find the association between selected demographic variables and level of newlineKnowledge, Attitude, Quality of Life, Stress and Coping Strategies among newlinepostmenopausal women in the experimental and control group. newlineMethods: True experimental pre-test-post-test control group design. Sample size of newline200 Postmenopausal women aged 40-60 years selected through simple random newlinesampling from four villages in the kharar block district Mohali. Experimental group - newline100 women, CBEP comprising: Flash Cards and pamphlet, lecture cum discussion, newlinewhile the control group - comprised 100 women without any intervention. Data newlinecollection was done through structured, modified questionnaires and standardized newlinescales. newline