A health survey of Beijing middle-aged registered nurses during menopause

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• 作者：Mengfang Liu^a ; ^b ; Ying Wang^a ; ^c ; Xu Li^d ; Peihao Liu^a ; Chen Yao^a ; Yanming Ding^a ; Sainan Zhu^a ; Wenpei Bai^a ; ^{bwp66@163.com} ; ^{phratdoc@163.com} ; Jun-E. Liu^e ; ^{liujune66@yahoo.com.cn}
• 关键词：Menopause ; Nurses ; Symptoms ; Epidemiology
• 刊名：Maturitas
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：74
• 期：1
• 页码：84-88
• 全文大小：206 K

文摘

Objective

To collect health information of Beijing middle-aged registered nurses during menopause.

Methods

We distributed self-administered questionnaires to 2100 registered nurses aged 40-55 from 20 hospitals in Beijing. The objects of interest were selected by cluster sampling.

Results

A total of 1686 questionnaires met the criteria and were used for statistical analysis. The average natural menopause age was 48.68 ¡À 3.61 years old. We determined that 37.83 % of the objects had modified Kupperman Menopausal Index (KMI) scores ¡Ý15. The top three menopause symptoms were fatigue (82.72 % ), irritability (70.24 % ), and arthralgia/myalgia (69.55 % ); hot flashes ranked eleventh (30.83 % ).

Conclusions

A total of 37.83 % Beijing middle-aged registered nurses had menopause syndrome, and the top three symptoms were fatigue, irritability, and arthralgia/myalgia.