Prevalence of menopause symptoms among Iranian women

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of Tehran Women General Hospital. In this cross sectional study which has been done between January 2011 and January 2012, in menopause clinic of Tehran Women's General Hospital 134 women were studied. For each woman a questionnaire was completed. The data gained from each questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS version 13. The mean age of natural menopause onset was 47.35 [SE=0.11] year. The symptoms associated with menopause were hot flushes [59.5%], mood swing [42.6%], vaginal dryness [41.1%] sleep problems [40.4%], night sweats [38.2%], memory loss [32.3%], urinary symptoms [18.3%], palpitation [6.6%], anxiety [5.8%], Joint and muscle pain [59.9%], depression [4.4%], Irritability [3.6%].This study showed that hot flushes, mood swing and vaginal dryness were the most common symptoms associated with menopause