Impact of menopausal symptoms on sexual functioning among Indian women

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the impact ofmenopausal symptoms on the sexual functioning of Indian women. A purposive sampling method wasadopted, and the sample included 163 women whowere aged 42 to 63 years. Through Google Forms thedata was collected using International Versions of theMenopause Rating Scale (MRS) by Heinemann,Potthoff, and Schneider and The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) developed by Rosen, Brown,Heiman et al. Descriptive statistics such as frequency,percentage, and mean were computed, and Pearsoncorrelation and simple linear regression were used totest hypotheses. The findings of the study suggest that Indian women have a moderate level of menopausalsymptoms and have sexual dysfunction. Age wasfound to have a positive correlation with menopausalsymptoms and a negative relationship with the sexualfunctioning of women. Menopausal symptoms arefound to have a significant negative correlation withsexual functioning. Menopausal symptomssignificantly predict female sexual functioning amongIndian women.