Knowledge of Menopause Possessed by Female Non-Academic Staff of University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Abstract

This study determined the knowledge of menopause possessed by female non-academic staff of University of Nigeria, Nsukka. To achieve the purpose of this study three specific objectives were formulated with three corresponding research questions and two Null-hypotheses were postulated. The design was descriptive survey research design. The population for the study consisted of 821 senior female administrative staff of UNN. A sample size of 270 respondents, which was drawn using a multi-stage sampling procedure was applied. A researcher developed knowledge of menopause possessed by female non-academic staff of University of Nigeria, Nsukka questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was face validated by three experts from the department of Human Kinetics and Health Education UNN. SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data from the returned copies of the questionnaire. Frequencies and percentages were used to answer the research questions while chi-square (X2) statistics at 0.05 level of significance was used to test the hypotheses. Findings from the study reviewed that female non-academic possessed high knowledge (60.9%) of menopause while specifically they had very high knowledge (80.4%) of the meaning of menopause. There was a significance difference in the level of knowledge of menopause possessed by female non-academic staff based on age. (Sig = .005<.05 at 2df). The study recommended among others that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka authority should liaise with the ministries of health, education & women affairs to enable them design information dissemination programmes for female University staff on menopause.