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Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers

(1) Background and objectives: Due to increasing life expectancy, more than one-third of women’s life can be spent in the postmenopausal period. In this period, women have different somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. The present study was done to evaluate postmenopausal symptoms and th...

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Autores principales: Abdel-Salam, Doaa M., Mohamed, Rehab A., Alruwaili, Rawan R., Alhablani, Farah S., Aldaghmi, Raghad M., ALghassab, Raghad E.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136831
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author Abdel-Salam, Doaa M.
Mohamed, Rehab A.
Alruwaili, Rawan R.
Alhablani, Farah S.
Aldaghmi, Raghad M.
ALghassab, Raghad E.
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Mohamed, Rehab A.
Alruwaili, Rawan R.
Alhablani, Farah S.
Aldaghmi, Raghad M.
ALghassab, Raghad E.
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description (1) Background and objectives: Due to increasing life expectancy, more than one-third of women’s life can be spent in the postmenopausal period. In this period, women have different somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. The present study was done to evaluate postmenopausal symptoms and their correlations among Saudi women attending different primary health centers. (2) Methods: adopting a cross-sectional study was done among 845 postmenopausal women attending different primary health centers. The menopause rating scale (MRS) was utilized to investigate the prevalence and severity of different menopausal manifestations. Data collection was done using a structured anonymous questionnaire disseminated during face-to-face interviews. Analysis of data was done utilizing the SPSS program, version 24. (3) Results: The total MRS score was 15.68 ± 6.85. The mean score of the subscales were: 5.56 ± 2.78 for the somatic domain, 6.04 ± 2.89 for the psychological domain, and 4.08 ± 2.32 for the urogenital domain. Joint and muscle pain (25.2%) and sleep problems (18.6%) were the most prevalent severe/very severe somatic symptoms. The most severe/very severe symptoms of the psychological domain were mental and physical exhaustion (20.2%) and depressed mode (19.2%), while that of the urogenital domain were sexual problems (20.1%) and bladder problems (16.3%). Significant predictors of the subscales of MRS were sociodemographic characteristics such as age, residence, marital status, educational level, and occupation. Furthermore, history of chronic diseases, parity, and menopause duration were significant predictors of the subscales of MRS. (4) Conclusion: women in the present study experience different postmenopausal symptoms. Health care providers should consider this crucial stage of women’s life to help elderly women manage these different postmenopausal manifestations.
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spelling pubmed-82969992021-07-23 Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers Abdel-Salam, Doaa M. Mohamed, Rehab A. Alruwaili, Rawan R. Alhablani, Farah S. Aldaghmi, Raghad M. ALghassab, Raghad E. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background and objectives: Due to increasing life expectancy, more than one-third of women’s life can be spent in the postmenopausal period. In this period, women have different somatic, psychological, and urogenital symptoms. The present study was done to evaluate postmenopausal symptoms and their correlations among Saudi women attending different primary health centers. (2) Methods: adopting a cross-sectional study was done among 845 postmenopausal women attending different primary health centers. The menopause rating scale (MRS) was utilized to investigate the prevalence and severity of different menopausal manifestations. Data collection was done using a structured anonymous questionnaire disseminated during face-to-face interviews. Analysis of data was done utilizing the SPSS program, version 24. (3) Results: The total MRS score was 15.68 ± 6.85. The mean score of the subscales were: 5.56 ± 2.78 for the somatic domain, 6.04 ± 2.89 for the psychological domain, and 4.08 ± 2.32 for the urogenital domain. Joint and muscle pain (25.2%) and sleep problems (18.6%) were the most prevalent severe/very severe somatic symptoms. The most severe/very severe symptoms of the psychological domain were mental and physical exhaustion (20.2%) and depressed mode (19.2%), while that of the urogenital domain were sexual problems (20.1%) and bladder problems (16.3%). Significant predictors of the subscales of MRS were sociodemographic characteristics such as age, residence, marital status, educational level, and occupation. Furthermore, history of chronic diseases, parity, and menopause duration were significant predictors of the subscales of MRS. (4) Conclusion: women in the present study experience different postmenopausal symptoms. Health care providers should consider this crucial stage of women’s life to help elderly women manage these different postmenopausal manifestations. MDPI 2021-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8296999/ /pubmed/34202185 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136831 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers
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title_full Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers
title_fullStr Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers
title_full_unstemmed Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers
title_short Postmenopausal Symptoms and Their Correlates among Saudi Women Attending Different Primary Health Centers
title_sort postmenopausal symptoms and their correlates among saudi women attending different primary health centers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8296999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34202185
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136831
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