Symptomatic profile in peri and postmenopausal women
Horna López, A.; Romero Gutiérrez, G.; Horna Quiroz, M.ía.; Malacara Hernández, J.M.; Pérez Luque, E.L.
Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 74(6): 312-316
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 16970117 Document Number: 598296
To determine the symptoms that women refer during peri and postmenopause. A cross-sectional study was carried out from April to December 2005; 500 women between 45 and 65 years old were included. We applied them the NR 1 questionnaire of symptoms for mature women. Data were obtained by means of a face-to-face interview. Results were analyzed through descriptive statistics, with percentage values, arithmetic mean and standard deviation. Differences between groups were evaluated with Student's T test, chi square test, and Fisher exact test. Perimenopausal women had higher levels of depression (p = 0.03). Postmenopausal women presented higher frequency of sleep disturbances (p = 0.003). We found that perimenopausal women had more night sweats (p = 0.005), excessive hot (p = 0.006), hot flashes (p = 0.001), headaches (p = 0.001), vaginal dryness (p = 0.03), and dyspareunia (p = 0.005). On the other hand, postmenopausal women presented higher frequency of changes in libido (p = 0.001). In general, perimenopausal women have more symptoms than posmenopausal women. It is advisable an exhaustive analysis of the perimenopausal women symptoms in order to offer them an integral substitutive treatment.