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Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India

BACKGROUND: Demographic and epidemiological transitions have increased the life expectancy of middle aged women, resulting in higher burden of morbidities related to menopausal symptoms and also effect the quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and its effe...

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Autores principales: Kalhan, Meenakshi, Singhania, Komal, Choudhary, Priyanka, Verma, Seema, Kaushal, Pankaj, Singh, Tarun
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088741
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_428_19
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author Kalhan, Meenakshi
Singhania, Komal
Choudhary, Priyanka
Verma, Seema
Kaushal, Pankaj
Singh, Tarun
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Singhania, Komal
Choudhary, Priyanka
Verma, Seema
Kaushal, Pankaj
Singh, Tarun
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description BACKGROUND: Demographic and epidemiological transitions have increased the life expectancy of middle aged women, resulting in higher burden of morbidities related to menopausal symptoms and also effect the quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and its effect on QOL among rural middle aged women (40–60 years) of Haryana, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 middle aged women (40–60 years) from April 2018 to March 2019 by random sampling technique. The menopause rating scale was used to assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and the QOL and data were collected for sociodemographic factors, relevant menstrual history and other variables. RESULTS: Prevalence of menopausal symptoms was found to be 87.7%. Majority of the study subjects had anxiety (80%), followed by physical and mental exhaustion (71.5%), sleep problem (61.2%), irritability (60.7%), Joint and muscular discomfort (56%) and heart problems (54%). The most classical symptom of menopause i.e., hot flushes were reported in 36.7%. The mean age of menopause was 47.53 standard deviation 4.5 years. Statistical significant difference was seen for the mean score of few symptoms i.e., hot flushes, sweating (P < 0.003) and joint and muscular discomfort (P < 0.014) between post and peri-menopausal groups. The QOL was impaired in 70.2% of study subjects. The psychological symptoms attributed 70.8% to the poor QOL. CONCLUSION: To improve the QOL and to decrease the menopausal symptoms in these women, a holistic approach in the form of lifestyle and behavioral modification are required.
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spelling pubmed-75347152020-10-20 Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India Kalhan, Meenakshi Singhania, Komal Choudhary, Priyanka Verma, Seema Kaushal, Pankaj Singh, Tarun Int J Appl Basic Med Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Demographic and epidemiological transitions have increased the life expectancy of middle aged women, resulting in higher burden of morbidities related to menopausal symptoms and also effect the quality of life (QOL). OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and its effect on QOL among rural middle aged women (40–60 years) of Haryana, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 middle aged women (40–60 years) from April 2018 to March 2019 by random sampling technique. The menopause rating scale was used to assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and the QOL and data were collected for sociodemographic factors, relevant menstrual history and other variables. RESULTS: Prevalence of menopausal symptoms was found to be 87.7%. Majority of the study subjects had anxiety (80%), followed by physical and mental exhaustion (71.5%), sleep problem (61.2%), irritability (60.7%), Joint and muscular discomfort (56%) and heart problems (54%). The most classical symptom of menopause i.e., hot flushes were reported in 36.7%. The mean age of menopause was 47.53 standard deviation 4.5 years. Statistical significant difference was seen for the mean score of few symptoms i.e., hot flushes, sweating (P < 0.003) and joint and muscular discomfort (P < 0.014) between post and peri-menopausal groups. The QOL was impaired in 70.2% of study subjects. The psychological symptoms attributed 70.8% to the poor QOL. CONCLUSION: To improve the QOL and to decrease the menopausal symptoms in these women, a holistic approach in the form of lifestyle and behavioral modification are required. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7534715/ /pubmed/33088741 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_428_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kalhan, Meenakshi
Singhania, Komal
Choudhary, Priyanka
Verma, Seema
Kaushal, Pankaj
Singh, Tarun
Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title_full Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title_fullStr Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title_short Prevalence of Menopausal Symptoms and its Effect on Quality of Life among Rural Middle Aged Women (40–60 Years) of Haryana, India
title_sort prevalence of menopausal symptoms and its effect on quality of life among rural middle aged women (40–60 years) of haryana, india
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088741
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_428_19
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