Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Menopause is a physiological process in women's life causing a variety of vasomotor, psychological, physical, and sexual symptoms. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh. METHODS: This cross-sectional study wa...
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BACKGROUND: Menopause is a physiological process in women's life causing a variety of vasomotor, psychological, physical, and sexual symptoms. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January to 31st December 2018 on 384 postmenopausal women aged 40-70 years and selected by convenience sampling in the rural areas of Faridpur District in Bangladesh. We used the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL) for measuring the prevalence of menopausal symptoms. SPSS software was used for data analysis.
RESULTS: The mean age of menopause was 47.13 ± 4.30 years. Out of 384 postmenopausal women, the most common symptoms in the vasomotor domain were ‘sweating’ (98.2%) and ‘hot flushes’ (94.5%). In the psychological domain, the most common symptoms were ‘accomplishing less than I used to’ (99.7%) and ‘experiencing poor memory’ (98.2%). In the physical domain, the most common symptoms were ‘decreases in physical strength’ (100%), ‘feeling lack of energy’ (100%), ‘changes in appearance, texture, or tone of skin’ (100%), ‘decreased stamina’ (99.7%), ‘dry skin’ (99.7%), and ‘feeling tired or worn out’ (97.1%). Out of 60.9% married menopausal women, the most common symptoms in the sexual domain were ‘change in sexual desire’ (58.6%) and ‘avoiding intimacy’ (58.3%).
CONCLUSION: Many of the menopausal symptoms were frequent except ‘increased facial hair’, ‘weight gain’, and ‘willing to be alone’, which were present in 2 (0.5%), 119 (31.0%), and 122 (31.8%) women, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-630e6156d899450884ad88d8de6b54f02023-01-30T06:37:20ZengVesnu PublicationsChronic Diseases Journal2588-72972345-22262022-02-0110115https://doi.org/10.22122/cdj.v10i1.574Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in BangladeshJulliat Binta Ali0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1140-4388Afroza Begum1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9547-2569Khaled Rahman Ayon2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8765-4968Department of Biochemistry, Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur, BangladeshDepartment of Maternal and Child Health, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh BACKGROUND: Menopause is a physiological process in women's life causing a variety of vasomotor, psychological, physical, and sexual symptoms. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January to 31st December 2018 on 384 postmenopausal women aged 40-70 years and selected by convenience sampling in the rural areas of Faridpur District in Bangladesh. We used the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL) for measuring the prevalence of menopausal symptoms. SPSS software was used for data analysis. RESULTS: The mean age of menopause was 47.13 ± 4.30 years. Out of 384 postmenopausal women, the most common symptoms in the vasomotor domain were ‘sweating’ (98.2%) and ‘hot flushes’ (94.5%). In the psychological domain, the most common symptoms were ‘accomplishing less than I used to’ (99.7%) and ‘experiencing poor memory’ (98.2%). In the physical domain, the most common symptoms were ‘decreases in physical strength’ (100%), ‘feeling lack of energy’ (100%), ‘changes in appearance, texture, or tone of skin’ (100%), ‘decreased stamina’ (99.7%), ‘dry skin’ (99.7%), and ‘feeling tired or worn out’ (97.1%). Out of 60.9% married menopausal women, the most common symptoms in the sexual domain were ‘change in sexual desire’ (58.6%) and ‘avoiding intimacy’ (58.3%). CONCLUSION: Many of the menopausal symptoms were frequent except ‘increased facial hair’, ‘weight gain’, and ‘willing to be alone’, which were present in 2 (0.5%), 119 (31.0%), and 122 (31.8%) women, respectively.http://cdjournal.muk.ac.ir/index.php/cdj/article/view/574prevalencemenopausebangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Julliat Binta Ali Afroza Begum Khaled Rahman Ayon Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh Chronic Diseases Journal prevalence menopause bangladesh |
| title | Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh |
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| title_short | Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | prevalence of menopausal symptoms among rural women in bangladesh |
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