THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISTANCE TO HEALTH FACILITIES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

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The Southeast Asian Journal of Midwifery Vol.7, No.1, April 2021, p: 22-27 E-ISSN: 2476-972X P-ISSN: 2476-9738 Journal-aipkind.or.id 22 THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISTANCE TO HEALTH FACILITIES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN Adella Wahyuningsih1, Tiyas Kusumaningrum2, Gadis Meinar Sari3 1Midwifery Program, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60131, Indonesia 2 Maternity Department, Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia 3 Physiology Departement, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60131, Indonesia INFORMASI ARTIKEL: A B S T R A C T Riwayat Artikel: Tanggal diterima: Maret 2021 Tanggal di revisi: Maret 2021 Tanggal di Publikasi: April 2021 Key Word :Menopause,Quality of Life Women ,Distance to the health facility Background: Quality of menopaused women’s life is influenced by several factors such as age, education level, occupation, and physical activity. Quality of life has concepts such as physical well-being, functional ability, and emotional or social well-being which ultimately lead to changes in individuals. Objective: to analyze factors related to the quality of postmenopausal women’s life. Methods: This observational analytic study used a cross sectional design. The population was all postmenopausal women who filled out online questionnaires using google forms distributed through social media with a sampling technique of convenience sampling with a total of 56 respondents. The instruments used in this study were the MENQoL (Menopause Specific Quality of Life) questionnaire and the husband's support questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using Chi Square Test. Results: This study showed that there was a relationship of physical activity which had a significant value of (p= 0.001) and the distance to health facilities (p= 0.043) to the quality of life of postmenopausal women. Conclusion: Physical activity and distance to health facilities affect the quality of life of postmenopausal women.