Investigation and analysis on health status in climacteric women of Xi'an City / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the climacteric women's mental health status and its influencing factors,and cognition of relevant knowledge about climacteric period.Methods A stratified-cluster sampling method was used to survey with questionnaire 2 500 perimenopausal women aged 40-60 years in 6 districts of Xi'an City.Results ① Of a total of 2 023 individuals,the mean age was 47.38?5.429 years,the average menarche age was 14.31?1.74 years(9-19 years),and the average natural menopause age was 48.9?3.54 years.② Half of the women investigated were worried about their children's education,work,marriage,ecomomic status and housing,and more than half of the women investigated had insufficient knowledge about climacteric period.③ The incidence of climacteric syndromes was 54.9%.There were significant differences between different age group and occupation group(?2=226.14,P