Women are facing lot more problems through their life. One of the most common problem they are facing is menopause and hormonal changes during their middle adulthood. The menopausal problems of women always make them so tired. So they need treatment and health education regarding menopausal care and prevention of problems.This study is conducted to compare the effectiveness of Intervention on knowledge and practices of urban and rural women regarding signs and symptoms of pre menopause & menopause.One group pre test, post test design was adopted to conduct the study on 200 women between the age group of 40-50 years residing in selected rural areas i.e.Chandragiri, Chittoor (Dt.) and 200 residing in urban areas i.e. Bommagunta, Balaji colony Tirupati, Chittoor(Dt.) Questionnaire related to knowledge on signs and symptoms of pre menopause and menopause.Majority of urban (88%) and rural (90.5%) women had inadequate knowledge in pretest and in post test66% of urban and 58% of rural women had adequate knowledge after intervention on signs and symptoms of pre menopause and menopause.
Key words: Menopause, Pre menopause, Hormonal Changes.
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