Effectiveness of Soyabean Consumption in Reducing Menopausal Symptoms among Women of Selected Areas in Mangalore.

Background of the Study: Menopause is a unique stage of female reproductive life cycle, a transition from reproductive to non reproductive stage. Menopause may be smooth experience for some women with only symptom of cessation of menstrual flow while others face one or more of post menopausal symptom. These symptoms can lead to lot of physiological, psychological and emotional stress to women in this period. It is therefore essential to reduce these menopausal symptoms to make the women live better life in this age. Objectives of the study 1. To determine the level of menopausal symptoms among experimental and control group women before soyabean consumption. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of soyabean consumption in reducing menopausal symptoms among women in experimental group. 3. To find the association of menopausal scores prior to the soyabean consumption among women with selected variables. Methodology: A quasi experimental, non-equivalent control group design was performed in 60 menopausal women selected using convenient sampling technique in selected villages in Mangalore. Data was collected using baseline proforma and menopausal rating scale. The pre-test menopausal symptoms were assessed in both groups. Soyabean consumption was given for 21 days for experimental group and post-test was done after 21 days in both the groups. Results: In pre-test 83.3% of had mild symptoms and remaining had moderate menopausal symptoms in both the groups. In the post-test 90% of women had mild symptoms and 10% had no menopausal symptoms in experimental group. Whereas in control group 86.7% had mild symptoms and 13.3% had moderate symptoms. There was the significant difference between the pre-test and post-test score of menopausal symptoms in experimental and control group (P