Menopausal Symptoms and Its Correlates: A Study on Tribe and Caste Population of East India
Joint Authors
Dasgupta, Doyel
Karar, Priyanka
Ray, Subha
Ganguly, Nandini
Source
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-07-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Present study aimed to compare the incidence of menopausal problems and concomitants between tribe and caste population.
This cross section study was conducted in five villages of West Bengal, a state in the eastern part of India.
This study was conducted between two different ethnic groups—one of the “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PTG)” of India named as “Lodha” and the other was a Bengali speaking caste population.
A total number of 313 participants were finally recruited for this study.
Study participants were married, had at least one child, had no major gynaecological problems, and had stopped menstrual bleeding spontaneously for at least 1 year.
Additionally, data on sociodemographic status and menstrual and reproductive history were collected using a pretested questionnaire/schedule.
Bivariate analyses (chi square test) revealed that significantly more number of caste participants suffered from urinary problems than their tribe counterpart.
The reverse trend has been noticed for the frequency of vaginal problems.
Multivariate analyses (binary logistic regression) show that sociodemographic variables and menstrual and reproductive history of the present study participants seem to be the concomitants of menopausal symptoms.
Tribe and caste study population significantly differed with respect to the estrogen deficient menopausal problems and the concomitants to these problems.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dasgupta, Doyel& Karar, Priyanka& Ray, Subha& Ganguly, Nandini. 2015. Menopausal Symptoms and Its Correlates: A Study on Tribe and Caste Population of East India. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dasgupta, Doyel…[et al.]. Menopausal Symptoms and Its Correlates: A Study on Tribe and Caste Population of East India. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Dasgupta, Doyel& Karar, Priyanka& Ray, Subha& Ganguly, Nandini. Menopausal Symptoms and Its Correlates: A Study on Tribe and Caste Population of East India. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057657
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057657