Study details

Population & setting

Methods

Results: Information sources consulted

Limitations

First author and year: Anolue, 2012

Study design:

Quantitative - Questionnaire

Objective:

To document women’s experience of menopause in rural communities and compare this with urban centres

Setting:

Nigeria

Participants:

N = 349. Mean age 58 years

How recruited:

Random selection from 13 autonomous rural communities

When:

August 2009

Inclusion criteria:

Menopausal women with at least 12 months amenorrhoea. All participants from a certain ethnic group

Tools and data collection:

Questionnaire

Analysis:

SPSS software. Chi-square test

Peers = 51.3%

Parents = 28.9%

Others = 12.0%

Church group = 7.7%

Total population from where the sample was drawn not indicated

Tools not validated

Design not indicated

No exclusion criteria

Missing data (p.32) not accounted for

First author and year: Bello, 2016

Study design:

Quantitative - Questionnaire

Objective:

To determine level of awareness and perceptions about menopause and sex in peri-menopausal women

Setting:

Nigeria, Family Medicine Department in Ibadan hospital

Participants:

N = 352. Aged ≥ 40 years (mean 46.3).

How recruited:

Not described

When:

Not stated

Inclusion criteria:

Peri-menopausal women. Menopausal and post-menopausal women (12 months or more amenorrhoea) excluded

Tools and data collection:

Structured questionnaire

Analysis:

SPSS software. Chi-square test

Friends & Peers = 45.7%

Health care providers = 17.0%

Aunts & older sisters = 15.1%

Doctors = 13.6%

TV/Radio = 12.2%

Books & other print media = 12.2%

Others = 1.4%

Data collection tools not subjected to validity and reliability test

Data collection period not indicated

Selection method not indicated

Total population not described

First author and year: Dienye, 2013

Study design:

Quantitative - Questionnaire

Objective:

To determine frequency & severity of menopausal symptoms and health seeking behavior of women with menopausal symptoms

Setting:

Nigeria, Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Participants:

N = 385. Aged 35-95 years (mean 58.4)

How recruited:

Consecutive recruitment at clinic until pre-specified sample size reached

When:

July-September 2010

Inclusion criteria:

Postmenopausal women with at least 12 months amenorrhoea

Tools and data collection:

Questionnaire results recorded in Microsoft Office Excel

Analysis:

Epi Info software

Patent drug dealers = 51.4%

Health workers = 44.7%

Nothing = 26.5%

Religious leaders = 20.3%

Traditional healers = 3.8%

Validity of tools not measured

Missing data was not accounted for

First author and year: Eshetu, 2015

Study design:

Quantitative - Questionnaire

Objective:

To assess level of knowledge and attitude of women aged 30 - 49 yrs

Setting:

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

Participants:

N = 599 (586 correctly completed). Aged 30 - 49 years (mean 37)

How recruited:

Multi-stage random sampling from community until pre-specified sample size reached

When:

April-May 2015

Inclusion criteria:

Age, permanent residency, consent

Tools and data collection:

Questionnaire

Analysis:

SPSS software. Logistic regression.

Friend = 37.7%

Relatives = 31.7%

Medical care providers = 20.8%

Books, Magazines,

Journals = 14.8%

Mass media (Radio, TV) = 14.7%

Educational sessions = 7.0%

Community Elder = 1.4%

Validity of tools not indicated