Table 4 Study participants’ attitudes toward menopause (N = 160)
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We conducted a cross-sectional study in two predefined and purposively selected study areas from urban and rural sites in Bangladesh. The urban site was Ward 17, Zone 1, Dhaka City Corporation, and the rural site was the Chanda- naish subdistrict, Chittagong. Study sites are shown in Figure 1. Preliminary information on these study areas was collected and sites were visited before data collection. It is broadly accepted that social and cultural influences significantly affect how women perceive and manage their menopausal symptoms and transition.'* The knowledge and attitudes about menopause among women vary across coun- tries.'° Several studies have shown that negative attitudes ;opyright @ 2020 The North American Menopause Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. FIG. 2. Sample size for the study and sampling strategy. FIG. 3. Conceptual framework on menopause-related knowledge and attitudes. BDT, Bangladesh Taka; SD, standard deviation. TABLE 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants TABLE 2. Knowledge and attitudes score of the study participants about menopause consider themselves real women once they had lost reproduc- tive capacity due to the hormonal changes. This attitude difference was more frequent among rural (61%) compared substantial portion of both rural and urban women reported that they were mentally and emotionally humiliated during the start of menopause. Half of the study participants did not CI, confidence interval; RR, risk ratio. “Adjusted by socio-economic status, residence, education, family type. ° Adjusted by residence, education, family type, occupation. “Adjusted by education, family type, occupation. “Adjusted by socioeconomic status, residence, family type, occupation. “Adjusted by socioeconomic status, residence, occupation. ‘Adjusted by socioeconomic status, residence, education, occupation. TABLE 5. Risk factor analysis of knowledge and attitudes of the study participants
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