Abstract:
Background: Menopause brings about major physical, mental, and psychological changes in women, making it an important time to pay attention to their health throughout this phase of life. Women may encounter various symptoms and health issues when their oestrogen levels drop, which may have an adverse effect on their quality of life.

Objective: The study aims to find the impact of holistic health education on managing the menopausal symptoms severity.

Methods: The experimental study conducted on 88 premenopausal women in rural area above the age 35 years at Coimbatore. In the experimental group women receive holistic health education which includes nutrition, physical activity, stress management and yoga in managing the menopausal symptoms. The pre-intervention and post-intervention was developed and data were collected with 6 month duration.

Results: The result reveals that the economic factor of the participants had association (Regression t=-2.15, P=<0.05) with their menopausal symptoms score. In addition, there was a non-significant difference (P>0.05) in the pre-assessment data between the experimental group and the control group. The study shown that holistic approaches towards menopause symptoms shown a significant (P<0.001) improvement in BMI, nutrient intake, haemoglobin level by practicing wellness enhancing habits and significantly (P<0.01) lower the stress score, physiological and psychological symptoms score in the experimental group.

Conclusion: The study's findings suggest that the lifestyle-focused, holistic health education successfully improved menopausal symptoms and promoted healthier lifestyle habits among menopausal women.

Keywords: Holistic health education, Menopausal symptoms, Nutrition, Premenopausal women

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2025.12343