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672 Managing Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life among Post-Menopausal
Women: A Case Study of Post-Menopausal Women Who Live in Urban ‘Undeserved’
Settlement Communities, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Yuganthi SUBASINGHE, Sunethra PERERA
Department of Demography, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)

Abstract

Menopausal symptoms and associated disorders are of great importance for public health as they influence the
quality of life of women. This paper examines how the menopausal symptoms affect women’s quality of life in their
later life. The study uses quantitative data gathered through a questionnaire. The random sample of 400 post-
menopausal women ages between 50-64 years, were selected from urban ‘undeserved’ communities in Colombo.
The results reveal that the most of women suffer more than one symptom and over two thirds of them had reported
dizziness. About half of women had sleeping disturbances. However, health seeking behavior for menopause
related issues was remained at low and only one fifth of women had received medication. More than half of women
reported that they had managed symptoms by themselves. Results further reveal that women’s poor socio-
economic status and community level factors significantly impacts on their post-menopausal heath. More than half
of women were not happy with their perceived health and it was highly correlated with the number of menopausal
symptoms that they had experienced. These results suggest that appropriate interventions are required to address
menopause related health issues and they would definitely contribute to the overall well-being of women.

337 Sociodemographic Differentials of Physical Activity of Indonesians: An analysis of
the 5th Wave of Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS5)

Dyah Anantalia Widyastari, Piyawat Katewongsa

Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom,
Thailand

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13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness etc.)

Abstract

As physical activity data of Indonesian is lacking, the study aims to calculate the level and describe the patterns of
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physical activity based on the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population. The 5 wave of
Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS5) was employed for the analysis, involved a total of 15,921 households and
interviewed 31,463 individual aged 11 and over. Physical activity was measured subjectively, whereas the
sufficiency level was calculated by aggregating three intensities (vigorous, moderate and walking). Overall, 60.5
percent of Indonesians have met the WHO recommended level of physical activity (75 minutes vigorous or 150
minutes combined moderate-vigorous intensity per week). While 51 percent of males have sufficient MVPA, only
48 percent of females met the minimum requirement. Physical activity level was the lowest among male and female
adolescents (15-19) and was the highest among male aged 50-54 and female aged 45-49 before it’s gradually
decline among the oldest adult and elderly. Physical inactivity was the highest among individuals from the low-
middle income family, attained higher secondary education, and residing in the Eastern part of Indonesia

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