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Research reveals 95% of UK

woman want better menopause

education – what’s going wrong?

Negativity surrounding the subject of menopause is increasing,

according to research by digital women’s wellness magazine Living360.
The research reveals UK women would like to be better informed about
menopause, are unsure of what to expect with the onset of menopause

and are still unclear on what healthcare is available.

nterestingly, women’s negative perceptions in perimenopause and post-menopause
Iabout the topic tend to increase from continuing to not know (63.1% and 64.2%
the start of perimenopause through to respectively).
post-menopause. Even with increased • Feelings of negativity towards menopause
media coverage and celebrities discussing increase while going through it, with research
menopause more, many women in the UK still revealing negativity rises from 28% to 61% in
feel unprepared and uninformed.
perimenopausal women and 22% to 37.9%

KEY FACTS in postmenopausal women.
• 90% of pre-menopausal women report • Young women today feel more negatively
wanting to know more about menopause about menopause than those before them,
before it starts and, overall, 95% of women as 54.1% of pre-menopausal women
believe education and awareness of reported feeling negatively about this stage
menopause needs to be improved for those of life, in comparison to 22% and 28%, as
yet to go through it. detailed above.

• 70% of pre-menopausal women feel Living360 editor Mattie Lacey-Davidson
uninformed about the changes and says: “The fact that women can go through
symptoms to expect. perimenopause, which often lasts years, and
still come away feeling uninformed about
• Over 60% of women feel uninformed about the healthcare choices available to them is
the healthcare choices available during shocking. The government and the NHS need
and after perimenopause, with women
to be doing more to help women.”

12 November 2024