Attitude to the Menopause and Sex amongst Middle-Aged Women in a Family Medicine Clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Attitude</td><td class="align_center"><i>N</i> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Positive attitude</i></td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Welcome relief from menses</td><td class="align_center">81 (23.0)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Negative attitude</i></td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Will make them feel incomplete as women</td><td class="align_center">52 (14.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> They expect it to herald the onset of persistent ill health</td><td class="align_center">11 (3.1)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Felt they were too young for this</td><td class="align_center">6 (1.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Desire more children</td><td class="align_center">6 (1.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Indifferent attitude</i></td><td class="align_center">196 (55.7)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Respondents’ attitude to the menopause.

Obstetrics and Gynecology International

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Table 2: Attitude to the Menopause and Sex amongst Middle-Aged Women in a Family Medicine Clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria 