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Shobeiri F, Jenabi E, Hazavehei SM, et al. Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study. J Menopausal Med. 2016;22(1):31-8doi: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31.
Shobeiri, F., Jenabi, E., Hazavehei, S. M., & Roshanaei, G. (2016). Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study. Journal of menopausal medicine, 22(1), 31-8. https://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31
Shobeiri, Fatemeh, et al. "Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study." Journal of menopausal medicine vol. 22,1 (2016): 31-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31
Shobeiri F, Jenabi E, Hazavehei SM, Roshanaei G. Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study. J Menopausal Med. 2016 Apr;22(1):31-8. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31. Epub 2016 Apr 26. PMID: 27152311; PMCID: PMC4854657.
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J Menopausal Med. 2016 Apr;22(1):31-8. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31. Epub 2016 Apr 26.

Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study.

Journal of menopausal medicine

Fatemeh Shobeiri, Ensiyeh Jenabi, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Hazavehei, Ghodratollah Roshanaei

Affiliations

  1. Mother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
  2. Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
  3. Modeling Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.

PMID: 27152311 PMCID: PMC4854657 DOI: 10.6118/jmm.2016.22.1.31

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Menopause can have psychological, physical, and vasomotor symptoms along with sexual dysfunction and these symptoms can affect the quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this research was to determine and association the effective factors on QOL among postmenopausal Iranian women.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 on 300 postmenopausal women in Hamadan, Iran. We used the Menopause-Specific QOL questionnaire (MENQOL) for measuring QOL in postmenopausal women. SPSS version 16 was used for data analysis.

RESULTS: The mean scores of QOL for vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual domains were 11.65 ± 5.93, 19.36 ± 1.20, 39.12 ± 1.95 and 11.02 ± 5.66, respectively. Higher scores had worse QOL. Using MENQOL scores, our study showed significant differences in QOL based on age, education level, financial status, number of children, employment, and body mass index (BMI).

CONCLUSION: Menopause causes a decrease in QOL, which is dependent to age, work, BMI, financial status and number of children variables. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective intervention programs to improve QOL in postmenopausal women.

Keywords: Cross-sectional studies; Iran; Menopause; Quality of life

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