Postmenopausal symptoms among Egyptian geripausal women

Increases in life expectancies mean that women are spending longer periods of their life in a hypo-oestrogenic state. A cross-sectional study was designed to assess the prevalence of postmenopausal symptoms among elderly Egyptian women in the geripausal phase. A sample of 400 community-dwelling elderly women aged > 65 years were recruited from 6 geriatric social clubs in Cairo. A full personal and medical history was taken from all participants. The menopause rating scale was applied to all participants after translation and linguistic validation in the Arabic language. The most prevalent postmenopausal symptoms were joint pain [90.3%], followed by sleep problems [84.0%] and physical and mental exhaustion [80.0%]. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between total menopause rating scale score and age, duration of menopause andj number of chronic diseases but not with age of menopause

evaluation of an arabic version of Rose questionnaire

An Arabic version of Rose questionnaire was tested to establish its credibility as an epidemiological tool for screening purposes. The study showed that the criteria used in defining CHD determinants were still applicable today and in Arabic. The Arabic version maintained similar, if not better, sensitivity and specificity results than its original counterpart. The study pointed out, however, to several limitations that should be kept in mind during the interpretation of the questionnaire results

prospective study of postoperative fever-a clinical epidemiologic study

During a 12 months period 693 patients undergoing surgical - procedures were prospectively studied to investigate the etiology of postoperative fever. The overall rate of - fever was similar for the three categories of surgical procedures studied. No cause of fever was found in 5%, 2.7% and 1.7% of patient. who underwent clean, clean contaminated and contaminated surgical procedures

Walking and serum cholesterol in adults

The association between walking for exercise and the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol in 361 adults was measured. After controlling for age, gender, income, body fat, exercise other than walking, and cigarette smoking, adults in the high, moderate, and low duration walking categories were compared to those in the no walking- no exercise category. The relative risk for total/HDL ratios of 5.0 or more were 0.49 [95% CI = 0.27, 0.80], 0.48 [95% CI = 0.30, 0.76], and 1.11 [95% CI = 0.81, 1.53], respectively