About the survey
This is a short anonymous survey for line managers at Loughborough University who line manage female staff members aged 30-65 years. In this survey, the term "woman" refers to biological female, including those who do not identify as a woman.
The menopause is a time when a woman stops having periods, typically occurring around 50 years of age. Before menopause, women will go through perimenopause, a time when the menstrual cycle may become unpredictable. During the perimenopause, many women experience symptoms which oftentimes continue into menopause. The average duration of symptoms is ~ 7 years, but they may persist for to 14 years. Symptoms include hot flushes, sweating, poor memory, mood swings, joint pains, urinary incontinence, poor sleep, and skin, eye and vaginal dryness. For some, these symptoms are bothersome enough to impact work.
Researchers at Loughborough would like to get a better understanding of how line managers feel they are currently coping with supporting symptomatic menopausal staff members in the workplace, and what support line managers feel would help them to do this as effectively as possible. The information from this survey, will help us develop guidelines around supporting line managers and menopausal women in the workplace.
Information about the survey can be found on the next page.