The relationship between women’s attitude towards menopause and menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women

Ghazanfarpour, Masumeh; Kaviani, Maasumeh; Abdolahian, Somayeh; Bonakchi, Hossein; Khadijeh, Mirzaii Najmabadi; Naghavi, Mohsen; Khadivzadeh, Talat

doi:10.3109/09513590.2015.1056138

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“…Overall, 12 individual original studies were included in our systematic review (8,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Only one study provided data on symptoms of peri-and post-but not for the pre-menopausal group (16). Three studies used the STRAW definition to classify menopause status (16,18,20), while four studies used the world health organization (WHO) criteria (8,17,24,25). However, in two studies women were considered postmenopausal if they had 12 months of amenorrhea or had an FSH level higher than 30 pg/mL (21,22).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven studies did not specifically state that women using MHT had been excluded (8,17,18,(20)(21)(22)(23). Three studies specified that women using MHT had been excluded (15,19,24,25). In one study, although HRT use was not mentioned as an exclusion criterion, no participant reported its use (16).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Three studies reported symptoms of menopause in three categories of pre-, peri-and postmenopausal stages (18,20,25). Eight studies included only postmenopausal women (8,15,17,19,(21)(22)(23)(24). Only one study provided data on symptoms of peri-and post-but not for the pre-menopausal group (16).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Four studies employed random sampling from the community (8,15,16,19), while, the other eight studies, selected patients from menopause clinics or from a list of women available at primary health care centers (17,18,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Systematic Review of Prevalence of Vasomotor and Sexual Symptoms Among Iranian Middle-Aged Women

Masoumi

Azizi

Atarod

et al. 2017

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Context: The aim of this study was to systematically review published articles reporting on the prevalence of vasomotor and sexual symptoms in Iranian women.Evidence Acquisition: Five databases including MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, SCOPUS and Google scholar, as well as four Iranian databases including SID, Iranmedex, IranDoc and Magiran were searched during July 2016 to retrieve studies reporting on the prevalence of vasomotor and sexual symptoms in Iranian middle-aged women. Risk of bias was assessed using a standard risk of bias tool.Results: Twelve independent studies met our inclusion criteria and provided data for this review. The prevalence of vasomotor and sexual symptoms was high although the ranges were wide. This might be due to utilization of different study designs, methods of recruitment, instruments, and the time frame over which symptoms were assessed. There was a lack of information in most studies on the severity of symptoms as an important determining factor for clinical use. In addition, distress associated with sexual symptoms has not been assessed by any study. High risk of bias was observed for the eleven studies for both external and internal validity.Conclusions: High quality research is needed to establish the true portray for the prevalence and severity of vasomotor and sexual symptoms associated with distress in Iranian women.

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“…Overall, 12 individual original studies were included in our systematic review (8,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

Section: Search Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%