Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of Tehran Women General Hospital. Materials and methods: In this cross sectional study which has been done between January 2011 and January 2012, in menopause clinic of...
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doaj-e042ba46a90e4fd18e5a6696ccb77ba12021-04-02T12:20:17ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health1735-89491735-93922012-03-0161134Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian WomenMojgan Asadi0Zahra Jouyandeh1Farnaz Nayebzadeh2Endocrine & Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.Endocrine & Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.Mirzakochak Khan Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of Tehran Women General Hospital. Materials and methods: In this cross sectional study which has been done between January 2011 and January 2012, in menopause clinic of Tehran Women's General Hospital 134 women were studied. For each woman a questionnaire was completed. The data gained from each questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS version 13. Results: The mean age of natural menopause onset was 47.35 (SE=0.11) year. The symptoms associated with menopause were hot flushes (59.5%), mood swing (42.6%), vaginal dryness (41.1%) sleep problems (40.4%), night sweats (38.2%), memory loss (32.3%), urinary symptoms (18.3%), palpitation (6.6%), anxiety (5.8%), Joint and muscle pain (59.9%), depression (4.4%), Irritability (3.6%).. Conclusion: This study showed that hot flushes, mood swing and vaginal dryness were the most common symptoms associated with menopause. https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/134Iranianmenopausesymptomshot flashesmood swingvaginal dryness |
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Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women |
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Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women |
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Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Journal of Family and Reproductive Health |
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of Tehran Women General Hospital.
Materials and methods: In this cross sectional study which has been done between January 2011 and January 2012, in menopause clinic of Tehran Women's General Hospital 134 women were studied. For each woman a questionnaire was completed. The data gained from each questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS version 13.
Results: The mean age of natural menopause onset was 47.35 (SE=0.11) year. The symptoms associated with menopause were hot flushes (59.5%), mood swing (42.6%), vaginal dryness (41.1%) sleep problems (40.4%), night sweats (38.2%), memory loss (32.3%), urinary symptoms (18.3%), palpitation (6.6%), anxiety (5.8%), Joint and muscle pain (59.9%), depression (4.4%), Irritability (3.6%)..
Conclusion: This study showed that hot flushes, mood swing and vaginal dryness were the most common symptoms associated with menopause.
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