Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India
Background: The symptoms of menopause have a negative impact on quality of life, especially in women transitioning to menopause and earlier transitions. This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the effect of obesity on the severity of menopausal symptoms and the clustering of symptom...
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| author | E S Sharanya Shre Kate Trout Sonia Pant Singh Awnish Kumar Singh Surapaneni Krishna Mohan Ashish Joshi |
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| description | Background: The symptoms of menopause have a negative impact on quality of life, especially in women transitioning to menopause and earlier transitions. This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the effect of obesity on the severity of menopausal symptoms and the clustering of symptoms in postmenopausal women in India. Methodology: The Menopausal Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms of postmenopausal women of Chennai, visiting Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India. This cross-sectional study was conducted from August to November 2013 in Chennai, India. Sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, blood pressure level, menopausal history, personal health history, and hormonal disorder issues were investigated. Results: The results have shown that 24% of the participants had complaint of mild to severe hot flushes, half of them had reported heart ailments (49%; n = 74), and disturbed sleep (48%; n = 72). The proportion of overweight/obese participants was higher in married (64%) than widows (41%), and this difference was found statistically significant (P = 0.005). There were no significant differences in MRS scores of obese and nonobese postmenopausal participants. Conclusion: There is a need of developing interactive, user friendly, technology based education module for addressing the chronic ailments of postmenopausal women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7681f7e006704d13a9534ba9a6f7261d2022-12-22T03:10:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences0975-74060976-48792016-01-018210611110.4103/0975-7406.171728Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in IndiaE S Sharanya ShreKate TroutSonia Pant SinghAwnish Kumar SinghSurapaneni Krishna MohanAshish JoshiBackground: The symptoms of menopause have a negative impact on quality of life, especially in women transitioning to menopause and earlier transitions. This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the effect of obesity on the severity of menopausal symptoms and the clustering of symptoms in postmenopausal women in India. Methodology: The Menopausal Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms of postmenopausal women of Chennai, visiting Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India. This cross-sectional study was conducted from August to November 2013 in Chennai, India. Sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, blood pressure level, menopausal history, personal health history, and hormonal disorder issues were investigated. Results: The results have shown that 24% of the participants had complaint of mild to severe hot flushes, half of them had reported heart ailments (49%; n = 74), and disturbed sleep (48%; n = 72). The proportion of overweight/obese participants was higher in married (64%) than widows (41%), and this difference was found statistically significant (P = 0.005). There were no significant differences in MRS scores of obese and nonobese postmenopausal participants. Conclusion: There is a need of developing interactive, user friendly, technology based education module for addressing the chronic ailments of postmenopausal women.http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2016;volume=8;issue=2;spage=106;epage=111;aulast=SharanyaClusteringmenopauseobese womenpostmenopausesymptoms |
| spellingShingle | E S Sharanya Shre Kate Trout Sonia Pant Singh Awnish Kumar Singh Surapaneni Krishna Mohan Ashish Joshi Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences Clustering menopause obese women postmenopause symptoms |
| title | Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India |
| title_full | Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India |
| title_fullStr | Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India |
| title_short | Severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in India |
| title_sort | severity and clustering of menopausal symptoms among obese and nonobese postmenopausal women in india |
| topic | Clustering menopause obese women postmenopause symptoms |
| url | http://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2016;volume=8;issue=2;spage=106;epage=111;aulast=Sharanya |
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