Women describe knowledge gaps and support needs in menopause self-management
A qualitative evidence review describes how fatigue, limited resources, misconceptions and social support feature in women’s experiences of managing health during and after the menopause transition.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Women’s accounts suggest that managing health around menopause involves more than motivation. Knowledge gaps, fatigue, health conditions and limited resources featured as barriers, while family understanding, social connection and planning appeared as supports. These themes may inform support programs, but the review does not demonstrate that any proposed program prevents symptoms or improves health.
This abstract-based synthesis describes experiences and perceptions, rather than testing an intervention. The abstract does not report how common each theme was or how experiences differed across settings.
Organizing the reported barriers
Researchers organized the findings using a model of capability, opportunity and motivation. It grouped knowledge gaps and limited resources as barriers, while wanting to stay healthy and concerns about health problems featured as motivations.
Support beyond information
Family understanding, social connection and access to useful professional advice featured in the reported themes. Planning and adherence also mattered in women’s accounts, pointing to support needs that went beyond information about menopause.
The original publication
Menopausal transitional and postmenopausal women's voices: "what influences their adherence to self-management": a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.
Jiang Y, Tao M, Huang C et al.
Front Public Health · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41235215
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