History and Objectives: Due to importance of women’s knowledge about menopause in their psychomotor health and considering various reports of ignorance on this topic and its unknown status in our country, this study was performed to determine the level of Knowledge and insight of 40-45 years old women referring to outpatient clinics of hospital of Shaheed Beheshti university of medical sciences in the second half of 1377.

Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was carried out on 400 women referring to gynecologic clinics of hospitals of Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the second half of 1377. Patient selection was based on accurate statistical calculations and random sampling. Age, literacy and number of children were evaluated among the samples. Level of knowledge was determined by 12 questions each having one score and type of insight with 4 positive and 4 negative phrases about menopause. Scores below 6 was considered ignorance and scores below 12 was regarded as negative attitude. The prevalence of complications among samples was determined and complications in the society were estimated and the role of economical and social factors on the type of insight and level of Knowledge was determined.

Results: 50% of the 400 women aged 40-45 years, were illiterate or at primary school level. Ignorance was found in 55% with a 95% confidence interval and negative attitude in 53.7% number of children and level of literacy contributed to level of knowledge but the age of samples had no role.

Conclusion: Knowledge and insight were low in these critical years and further studies to find out the best educational methods for women and more research in this field are recommended.