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[Lifestyles and quality of life of post menopausal women]
Fanny López-Alegría1, Dino Roberto Soares De Lorenzi
1Escuela de Obstetricia y Puericultura, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. fanny.lopez@usach.cl
Background:
During menopause the quality of life of women can be seriously deteriorated and influenced by lifestyles.
Aim:
To assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and their relationship with lifestyles and quality of life.
Material And Methods:
The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), a survey that measures menopausal symptoms and has questions related to lifestyles, was applied to 1023 women aged 54 ± 6 years (range 45 to 64 years), consulting in primary health care clinics. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between menopausal symptoms and lifestyle.
Results:
Fifty six percent of women did not have a paid work, 64% were nonsmokers and 90% did not perform any physical exercise. The most frequent menopausal symptoms referred were muscle and joint ailments (85%) followed by mental and physical exhaustion (80%). Sedentary women, smokers or those who did not to have time for leisure activities showed worst quality of life scores.
Conclusions:
Postmenopausal women with unhealthy lifestyles had the lower quality of life scores and more menopausal symptoms.
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