A greater awareness has been generated among the policy makers after the Cairo conference on Population and Development to address the health needs of women covering all stages of life and the current Reproductive and Child Health programme of India attempts to provide services to women at all stages with this view. However, certain sections of the population such as women approaching menopause have still not received the required attention. Further, with the existing demographic changes, number of women at the menopausal stage has been on the rise in India. Therefore, the study of menopause...