This study was designed to describe the management of menopause of the climacteric-women.
The subjects of this study were 95 climacteric-women in Taejon city.
The instrument used for this study was Management of Menopause Scale developed by Song(1997).
The data were collected from December 1997 to June 1998. The data were analyzed by using the SPSS(PC+) program. The information was obtained by use of Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient and ANOVA.
The results were as Follows;
1. Among the categories of management of menopause, dietary management(3.74±1.25) was the highest and management of exercise and activity(3.35±0.93), self contorl(3.13±1.21), management of professional health maintenance(2.75±1.32), management of sex life(2.11±1.92) were in order.
2. On considering the relationship between the climacteric-women´s management of menopause and their general characteristics, age(r=-0.38, P=0.00) and educational background (F=4.8247, P=0.00) were statistically significant.
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