Effect of Health-Education Intervention on Perception and Quality of Life of Menopausal Women in Selected Local Government Areas in Ibadan

Menopause is an important and normal developmental process in a woman’s life. It is markedby the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of health-education on the perception andquality of life of (QoL) of Menopausal Women in Ibadan, with the intention of knowing howhealth-education could impact menopausal women’s perception and quality of life positively.Quasi-experimental study design was used to explore the effect of health education interventionon knowledge, perception and quality of life of Menopausal women and the study utilizedmultistage sampling technique and 130 questionnaires were retrieved out of 152 questionnairesadministered, all the retrieved questionnaires were valid for analysis. The findings showed thatthe level of knowledge of the participants was better at post-intervention (96.2%) than preintervention(93.8%). Also (20.8%) participants had negative perception at pre-interventionwhile it reduced to (9.2%) post-intervention. The percentage of quality of life (38.5%) at preinterventionwas increased to (66.9%) at post-intervention. The null hypotheses were rejected(pv = 0.001) as there was significant difference between pre-interventional and postinterventionalknowledge, perception and quality of life using paired samples t-test. Inconclusion, participants performed better at post-intervention than at pre-intervention whichimplies that health-education given had positive impact on their knowledge perception andquality of life. It was recommended therefore that menopausal women be well informedthrough health-education intervention to reduce the menace of menopausal syndrome andincrease their coping system.