JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v3i1.2211 jpsim.v3i1.2211 Original Research Impacts of Menopause on Psychological Wellbeing of Women in Sialkot-Pakistan Idrees Laiba ch.min29@yahoo.com * Abbas Salbia Abbas Saira Rani Saba Batool Asifa Department of Psychology, GC Women University Sialkot Department of English, University of Management and Technology Sialkot *Correspondence: Laiba Idrees (ch.min29@yahoo.com) 15 03 2022 2022 3 1 53 57 14 12 2021 04 01 2022 Copyright © 2022 The Author(s) 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective

To assess the impacts of menopause on psychological wellbeing of women in Sialkot-Pakistan.

 Methodology

This cross sectional correlational study design study was conducted at different areas like mohallas and streets

of Sialkot (rural and urban areas), from March to June 2021. Self-report questionnaire was designed which contained

Consent form, Demographic Information, Greene Climacteric Scale and Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale. Women

with Age range of 40 to 60, with natural menopause only, from all socioeconomic backgrounds, religions and educational

backgrounds were included. Data was entered and analyzed through SPSS version 20. Cronbach's reliability for scales and

subscales was calculated.

 Results

Cronbach's a value of Greene Climacteric scale was .987 and Cronbach's a value of Ryff Psychological wellbeing

Scale was .955. All the scales and its subscales were highly reliable for our population. There was strong negative

correlation between menopausal symptoms and psychological wellbeing (r=-.69). Relation between the years of

menopause and severity of menopausal symptoms was also negative (r=-0.49). Research findings indicates moderate

negative relationship of menopausal symptoms and educational level (r=-.31).

 Conclusion

Menopause negatively affects the psychological well-being of menopause.

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