Health issues of menopausal women in North India

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the health status, age of menopause, and its symptomatology amongst Himachali middle-aged women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was done from Jul 07 to Jan 08. A structured questionnaire was given to 100 menopausal women from general community o...

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Autores principales: Mahajan, Narinder, Aggarwal, Meenu, Bagga, Amrita
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/PMC3555032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372325
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.104467
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description OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the health status, age of menopause, and its symptomatology amongst Himachali middle-aged women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was done from Jul 07 to Jan 08. A structured questionnaire was given to 100 menopausal women from general community of Himachal Pradesh in Shimla. RESULTS: Mean age of menopause was 44.54 years. Main symptoms associated with menopause were reported as fatigue (62%), hot flashes (56%), Cold sweats (52%), and backaches (51%). Other ailments associated with menopause were arthritis (25%), hypertension (23%), and diabetes (6%). CONCLUSION: Mean age of menopause was 44.54 years. Chief comorbid conditions were arthritis and hypertension.
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spelling pubmed-35550322013-01-31 Health issues of menopausal women in North India Mahajan, Narinder Aggarwal, Meenu Bagga, Amrita J Midlife Health Original Article OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the health status, age of menopause, and its symptomatology amongst Himachali middle-aged women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was done from Jul 07 to Jan 08. A structured questionnaire was given to 100 menopausal women from general community of Himachal Pradesh in Shimla. RESULTS: Mean age of menopause was 44.54 years. Main symptoms associated with menopause were reported as fatigue (62%), hot flashes (56%), Cold sweats (52%), and backaches (51%). Other ailments associated with menopause were arthritis (25%), hypertension (23%), and diabetes (6%). CONCLUSION: Mean age of menopause was 44.54 years. Chief comorbid conditions were arthritis and hypertension. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3555032/ /pubmed/23372325 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.104467 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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