Women's experiences of working through the menopause 'well, it's not stamped on your forehead is it?

摘要

Introduction: Many employed women over 50 years are, or will be, experiencing the menopause. Debilitating symptoms such as hot flushes sleep disturbance and irritability can have a significant impact on the working lives of women. Limited research in this area suggests that some of these symptoms are likely to impact on wellbeing and the quality of interpersonal relationships.Methods: Drawing on interpretative phenomenology and content analysis, face-to-face, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with working women, recruited from various occupational roles and work places.Results: On completion of the transcribed interviews, it is anticipated that a deeper understanding of meno-pausal experiences of working women will emerge through these phenomena, and how they construct meaning at a deeper meaning.Conclusion: Many working women experiencing the menopause may need extra support in their working environment along with other factors.