Knowledge and attitude toward menopause among females’ secondary school teachers in Northcentral, Nigeria

Abstract

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and attitude toward menopause among females secondary school teachers in Northcentral Nigeria. and to find out the statistically significance association between their level of knowledge and their selected sociodemographic variables. Material and Methods: The research design used for this study was a descriptive survey design; a purposive sampling technique was used to select 50 respondents. Data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire to assess knowledge and attitude toward menopause among females secondary school teachers in Northcentral Nigeria. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Statistics version 26.0. Results: The results showed that 8 (16.0%) of the respondents had good knowledge, 10 (20.0%) had average knowledge, and the majority 32 (64.0%) had poor knowledge of menopause. Therefore, the H1:0 Hypothesis was accepted, while the H1:1 Hypothesis was rejected. The majority of the respondents, 36 (68.0%), had a positive attitude, while 16 (32.0%) had negative attitude toward menopause. Therefore, the H0:2 Hypothesis was rejected, while the H2:2 Hypothesis was accepted. There was a statistically significance association between their level of knowledge of menopause and their selected sociodemographic variables such as age (≥50 years), educational qualification (MA/MEd/MSc), and previous history of menopause (yes), P < 0.05. Hence, the H0:3 Hypothesis was rejected, while the H1:3 Hypothesis was accepted. Conclusion: Majority of the respondents had poor knowledge and a positive attitude toward menopause.