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Women with traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience more severe menopause symptoms, particularly those overlapping with TBI effects. These symptoms are more frequent and persistent for TBI survivors compared to women without TBI.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Women's Health
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

Background:

  • Menopause significantly impacts women's quality of life.
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to long-term neurological and psychological sequelae.
  • The interplay between menopause and TBI is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate and compare the experience of menopause symptoms in women with and without a history of TBI.
  • To identify specific symptom clusters that are more prevalent or severe in women with TBI during menopause.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional descriptive study involving 210 women aged 40-60.
  • Participants included 61 women with TBI (at least 2 years post-injury) and 149 women without TBI.
  • Menopause symptoms were assessed using a 21-item checklist covering vasomotor, somatic, psychological, and cognitive clusters.

Main Results:

  • Vasomotor symptoms showed no significant difference between TBI and non-TBI groups.
  • Women with TBI reported a greater presence and severity of somatic, psychological, and cognitive menopause symptoms.
  • Fewer differences in symptom severity were observed between premenopausal and postmenopausal women in the TBI group compared to the non-TBI group.

Conclusions:

  • Menopause symptoms overlapping with common TBI sequelae are more frequent and severe in women with TBI.
  • Estrogen-decline-related symptoms appear similar across both groups.
  • Women with TBI may experience a more chronic and severe burden of menopause symptoms compared to their non-TBI counterparts.