How menopause affects the lives of women in suburban Chandigarh, India

Kaur, Sukhjit; Walia, Indarjit; Singh, Amarjeet

doi:10.1080/13697130410001713779

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“…This showed that the women from the lower socio-economic status had attained menopause at earlier ages. The frequencies of the menopausal symptoms in our study population were much higher than those which were found in several other studies [11][12][13]. A study which was conducted in Pune showed a loss of interest (in 93% women), pressure/tightness in the head (in 83% women), weight gain (in 67% women) and hot flushes (in 54% women) as the common symptoms in decreasing frequency [14].…”

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confidence: 61%

The Quality of Life During and After Menopause Among Rural Women

Arounassalame¹

2013

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Introduction:The overall health and well-being of middle-aged women has become a major public health concern around the world. More than 80% of the women experience physical or psychological symptoms in the years when they approach menopause, with various distresses and disturbances in their lives, leading to a decrease in the quality of life. The aim of our study was to assess the quality of life and the impact of hormonal changes in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women and to correlate the prevalence of the symptoms with their duration since menopause. Material and Methods:A cross-sectional study was done at Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, from January 2012 to April 2012. Five hundred women who were in the age group of 40-65 years, who came from rural areas to our hospital, were included in the study. The women who were receiving hormonal treatment and those who refused to participate in the study were excluded. The data such as the socio-demographic information and the menstruation status, which were based on the reported length of time since the last menstrual period and the experience of the symptoms, as were tested in the Menopause Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire, were collected from each patient. The women who were included in the study were divided into three groups as the menopause transition, early postmenopausal and the late postmenopausal groups. All the data which were gathered were analyzed by using SAS 9.2. The Chi square test and the relative risk and the confidence interval calculations were applied to compare the frequencies of the symptoms among the women with different menopausal statuses. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results:Mean menopausal age in the study group was 45 years. The most common symptom within study subjects were low back ache (79%) and muscle-joint pain (77.2%). The least frequent symptoms were increase in facial hair (15%) and feeling of dryness during intimacy (10.8%). Scores of vasomotor domain were significantly more in menopause transition group. Scores of physical domain were significantly more in late postmenopausal group. Conclusion:The menopause related symptoms had a negative effect on the quality of life of the perimenopausal and the postmenopausal women. Such regional studies can help in creating awareness and in educating women on the early identification of the common menopausal symptoms.

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The Quality of Life During and After Menopause Among Rural Women

Arounassalame¹

2013

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“…Natural and Surgical Menopause: More women suffered hot flushes following the hysterectomy compared to those who had natural menopause [(55/67 (82%) vs. 75/110(68%) p < 0.05)]. We also observed higher hysterectomy rate (14%) amongst the urban educated women attending our menopause clinic compared to 5.8 % in semi urban India [5]. 28.9% of women were individualized to receive different types of hormone therapies including Soya -isoflavones for various menopause related morbidity at any given point of time in our group.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…are derived from UNDP reports and various other studies as mentioned in the reference section. For India which is a developing country with non-homogeneous population, comparative values for cohort groups e.g., rural, semiurban or urban-metro cities have been derived using data from the present study as well as from the published work [1,2,5,6,8,9,16,[24][25][26][27]. The general profile of our economically privileged & medically insured middle aged urban (METROPOLITAN) women showed a very high literacy rate of 93% with 36% university graduates as compared to the national female literacy rate of 54% (urban vs. rural :73 vs. 46).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to construct a model, relevant data for India were acquired from the published research papers [1,2,5,6,24,25]. In addition, the model was also validated with the support of some interesting data generated from retrospective analysis of the records of 209 middle aged women belonging to an economically privileged group which was initially not intended for research purpose but basically compiled for our routine office purpose.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Though physiological alteration in the cyclical ovarian function begins early at the commencement of climacteric period i.e., around 35 years of age but morbid conditions such as vasomotor instability, psychosexual problems, mental-physical exhaustion, anxiety-palpitation or genitourinary discomfort, bony pains in general and osteoporosis, diabetes & coronary arterial disease in particular are commonly seen later during and/or after menopause. They are generally ignored in rural, sub-urban as well as urban India, even if they suffer from symptoms silently [1][2][3][4][5][6]. However, menopause is gradually emerging as an issue in India where traditionally it was linked to aging.…”

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confidence: 99%

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