A study of quality of life among perimenopausal women in selected coastal areas of Karnataka, India

BACKGROUND: To study the menopause related symptoms affecting the quality of life (QOL) of perimenopausal women in order to understand the prevalence and plan for the interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and nine women were evaluated for perimenopausal symptoms using a 29 item MENQOL qu...

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Autores principales: Nayak, Gayathry, Kamath, Asha, Kumar, Pratap, Rao, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372322
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.104456
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: To study the menopause related symptoms affecting the quality of life (QOL) of perimenopausal women in order to understand the prevalence and plan for the interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and nine women were evaluated for perimenopausal symptoms using a 29 item MENQOL questionnaire. RESULTS: The physical and psychosocial symptoms were found to be more prevalent than the vasomotor and sexual symptoms. CONCLUSION: Perimenopausal symptoms widely vary in women populations, accurate recording and understanding of which is essential to plan effective interventions to improve the QOL.

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