Psychosocial factors associated with perceived psychological health, perception of menopause and sexual satisfaction in menopausal women and controls

Osinowo, Helen O.

doi:10.4314/wajm.v22i3.27955

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“…In another study conducted in Taiwan, the major information sources for women were documented as health professionals (48.1%) and mass media (34.4%) 20 . In another study; health institutes, books, doctors and other health professionals are listed as information sources 21 . In the present study, women were found to receive most of the information about HT from their friends and the mass media.…”

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Women's perception of the menopause and hormone treatment: barriers against hormone therapy

Şahin

Bal

et al. 2011

Climacteric

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The treatment of half of the women who used HT was terminated by doctors, while the other half chose to discontinue the therapy themselves due to their fear of cancer. The present study offers a significant insight into the barriers against HT for women in the menopausal period. Health professionals should inform women about evidence-based studies and implement an individualized treatment and health-care plan by sharing information with potential users.

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Women's perception of the menopause and hormone treatment: barriers against hormone therapy

Şahin

Bal

et al. 2011

Climacteric

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“…Expectedly, women of higher education have a better sexual knowledge and have used it to their advantage. [7]…”

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“…[45] Sexual activity during menopause has been reported with conflicting results. [67] Some have reported increased sexual activity because there was no reason to fear for unplanned pregnancy while in another setting, it is regarded as taboo.…”

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Sexual activity and urological morbidities among Nigerian menopausal women: Findings from a community based survey

Adedokun

Morhason-Bello

Okonkwo

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Menopause represents the end of women reproductive career and it is at this time they begin to manifest morbidities such as urinary incontinence.Aim:To document proximate determinants of sexual activity and urological morbidities of menopausal women.Subjects and Methods:This was a community survey conducted among 254 menopausal women Mokola in Ibadan, Nigeria in 2008. Respondents were selected using cluster sampling technique. Interviewer administered questionnaires were used to obtain information on their characteristics, pattern of urological and sexual activities. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable tests were performed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 15.0 (Chicago, IL USA) and statistical significance was set at P value less than 0.05.Results:The mean age of subjects was 60.3 (standard deviation = 10.2 years). About 33.5% (85/254) was still sexually active. About 68% (173/254) reported a reduction in sexual frequency since menopause while 31.5% (80/254) reported no change. The mean self-rated sexual performance score was 4.3 based on a numerical scale where 10 is the maximum obtainable. Significant predictors of reduction in sexual activity were age at menopause and education. Those between 45 and 49 years were less likely than those at 55 years or more (odds ratio [OR] = 0.21; 95% confidence interval OR = 0.05-0.87) while women with at least secondary education were thrice less likely than those with none to report a reduction in sexual activity after menopause. Less than a tenth reported urinary incontinence as a complaint. Urge incontinence was the most commonly reported followed by dysuria and stress incontinence. Less than a quarter of them had requested for a form of treatment.Conclusion:Sexual performance of Nigerian menopausal women is associated with age at menopause and education. Non-fistulous urinary incontinence is now being mentioned as a complaint contrary to the widely held view that it is part of the aging process. Therefore, awareness creation on management opportunities should be shared with them.

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“…(18) pointed out that the sexual aspect of a menopause woman's life could be recovered indirectly following the improvement of hot flashes. Furthermore, using similar training approaches, Osinowo(19) in Nigeria expressed that after informing women on menopause, an improvement of self-perception marital satisfaction and sexual activity was seen.…”

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The effect of education and awareness on the Quality-of-Life in postmenopausal women

Forouhari¹,

Khajehei²,

Moattari³

et al. 2010

Indian J Community Med

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Objectives:Women are one of the most important parts of the family and society, and community health is dependent on provision of the needs of this group. Menopause is one of the most critical stages of life among women. One of the aims of health services for all of the people in the 21st century is improvement of the quality-of-life. In menopausal women, the term quality-of-life incorporates its physical symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and vaginal mucosa dryness. We set out this study in order to evaluate the effect of education on the quality-of-life and the improvement of health standards in menopausal women.Materials and Methods:Sixty-two women aged 44–55 referring to and academic outpatient clinic in Shiraz were selected by simple random sampling, and allocated in two groups. Data was collected using a modified Hildich questionnaire on quality-of-life in menopause stage. Quality-of-life of the subjects (vasomotor, psychosocial, physical and sexual aspects) were evaluated prior to and 3 months after educational intervention.Results:Mean quality-of-life score in study and control groups, prior to education, was 81.7 and 74.8; changing to 75.3 and 75.8, respectively three months after intervention. The study group showed a significant improvement in their quality-of-life (P = 0.001). A significant difference was seen between groups in terms of changing quality-of-life after intervention (P = 0.001).Conclusions:Appropriate training to menopausal women improves their quality-of-life and promotes their health.

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Psychosocial factors associated with perceived psychological health, perception of menopause and sexual satisfaction in menopausal women and controls

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Women's perception of the menopause and hormone treatment: barriers against hormone therapy

Women's perception of the menopause and hormone treatment: barriers against hormone therapy

Sexual activity and urological morbidities among Nigerian menopausal women: Findings from a community based survey

The effect of education and awareness on the Quality-of-Life in postmenopausal women

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