Experience of Menopause in Couples Living in the Healthcare Area Matete of Kisangani in the Democrat
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- Jul 22, 2020
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The study on the experience of menopause in couples living in the Matete health area in Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo was carried out from June 1st to December 31st, 2019. The purpose of the study was to determine the monthly frequency of coitus during menopause; the type of relationship that exists in the couple where the woman is menopausal and to identify the difficulties encountered in the couple during menopause.
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 70 menopausal women selected using the cluster sampling technique.
After analysis, we noted that the monthly frequency of coitus was around 0 to 1 time in 84.3% of menopausal women; 64.2% of menopausal women rejected their husbands in conjugal life; the difficulties encountered during the menopause period were that most husbands had become incomprehensible to menopausal wives in a proportion of 88.6% and also infidelity was the social problem most observed by menopausal women in 78.6% of cases.
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