Key result
Postmenopausal women in the Mohammadpur Geneva camp experience ~90% prevalence of joint and muscle pain.
Why the study?
Quality of life is progressively becoming an important issue with aging, motivating an assessment of the proportion and severity of menopausal symptoms and associated factors among postmenopausal women.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,200)
No
Postmenopausal women in this cohort experienced severe menopausal symptoms, predominantly joint and muscle pain, which were significantly associated with sociodemographic factors.
Severe symptoms associated with homemaker status and literacy; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in similar refugee cohorts.
Background: The quality of life (QoL) is progressively becoming an important issue with aging. The aim of the study was to assess the proportion and severity of menopausal symptoms and associated factors on the QoL among postmenopausal women in Mohammadpur Geneva camp. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November to March 2019. A total of 1200 postmenopausal women [present age: mean (±SD), 54.64 (±8.15) years, age at menopause: mean (±SD), 45.38 (±5.99) and duration of menopause >20 years] were selected conveniently in considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The modified menopause rating scale (MRS) was used to assess the menopausal symptoms. Results: The mean total score, psychological, somatic and urogenital subscale scores of the MRS were 13.96 ±6.07, 6.33 ±3.46, 6.21 ±3.02 and 1.41 ±1.76, respectively. Most of the women (90%) suffered from joint and muscle pain; the second highest prevalent symptoms were depression (78%), physical & mental exhaustion (76%), and irritability (76%). Results of c 2 analysis showed that age at menopause, occupation, duration of menopause, and level of education were significantly (p≤0.05) associated with MRS subscales. OR for homemaker: 1.608 (95% CI: 1.085 to 2.382); OR for literate: 2.285 (95% CI: 1.474 to 3.543); OR for SBP: 1.015 (95% CI: 1.006 to 1.024); OR for DBP: 0.988 (95% CI: 0.976 to 1.000); and OR for duration of the menopause: 0.951 (95% CI: 0.912 to 0.991). Conclusions: The total mean MRS score indicates that the symptoms were severely severe though postmenopausal women suffer mild to moderate symptoms in the subscales score. Occupation, age at menopause, marital status, education, blood pressure and duration of menopause are significantly associated with MRS score.
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Saleh et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Menopause (n=1,200). Postmenopausal women in the Mohammadpur Geneva camp had a mean total Menopause Rating Scale score of 13.96, with 90% experiencing joint and muscle pain.
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