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Abstract
Summary
Andropause, is the counterpart of menopause which is at
times referred to as “male menopause”. It’s a type of hormonal
change where in the testosterone levels of a man depletes and
commonly experienced by men who reaches their second
adulthood, which may start as early as thirty-five or as late as
sixty-five. Once a man’s production of testosterone level goes
down, it will bring significant change to a man’s life.
Depending on how a male individual will react to the situation.
So, it may be an advantage or a disadvantage for it (Dohle,
Arver, Bettocchi, et al., 2012).
In addition to; men experience from unpredictable mood
swings, nervousness and irritability, neck aches and backaches,
memory losses, decrease concentration, loss of interest and selfconfidence, increased anxiety or fear, decrease or loss of sexual
enjoyment, feeling fat or gaining weight, loss of interest in sex
and erectile power in addition taking longer to recover from
illnesses or injuries (Charlton and Smith, 2009).
The present study aimed to assessing level of couples
awareness and reactions regarding andropause.To achieve the
study objective, a descriptive study had been implemented at
gynecological clinics at Ain shams University Maternity
Hospital.
A purposive sample technique was used and this
technique followed for daily data collection till the completion
of the specified period of data collection. Two hundred eighty
couples were included in the study that started from the
beginning of December 2012 till the beginning of June 2013. It
has been done through using two tools of data collections that
named andropause arabic questionnaire sheet and couples’
reactions sheet regarding andropause.
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The present study revealed that:
• Regarding couples’ age, 38.0% of husbands their age ranged
from 55 to 60 years. while, 54.1% of wives’ their age ranged
between 45 to less than 50 years. The study revealed that
44.2% of husbands have higher educational level while,
42.0% of wives have secondary educational level. As regard
their place of residence 100% of couple from urban area.
• The study revealed that chronic diseases affect the studied
couples represent 58.0% and 56.0% among husbands and
wives respectively. The most dominant chronic diseases
affects couples’ is hypertension represent 41.7%, 57.8%
respectively.
• As regards wives’ awareness regarding andropause only
31.4%, and 11.8% of them had complete correct awareness
regarding concept and age of andropause.While, 34.0%, and
38.0% of husbands had complete correct awareness regarding
concept and age of andropause respectively.
• There is statistical significant difference between husbands’
awareness regarding andropause and their age and working
status.While, there is a highly statistical significant difference
between husbands’ awareness regarding andropause and their
marital duration, educational level and family income.
• There is highly statistical significant difference between
wives’ reaction regarding andropause and their age , marital
duration, educational level, working status, and family
income. Meanwhile, there is no statistical significant
difference between husbands’ reaction regarding andropause
and their marital duration.
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In conclusion, the study revealed that inspite of
andropause is increasingly becoming a global health concern
as the world’s population of aging males increases
nevertheless less than one quarter of couple’s had complete
correct awareness regarding andropause. Moreover, wives
reaction regarding husbands andropause was more
exaggerating than husbands’ reaction regarding this natural
process. Based on this finding, the researcher recommended;
There is an urgent need for educational programs targeting
men by trained health care providers providing information
regarding andropause. Provision of health programs for men
to educate them on healthy life-styles to deal with this phase
of life. Further researches are still needed to study different
coping strategies for couples regarding andropause. effect of
andropause on couple’s quality of life. factors affecting
couple’s awareness and reaction regarding andropause.