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Quality of life and menopausal transition for middle-aged women on Kinmen island

dc.contributor.authorWang, S.-J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLu, S.-R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJuang, K. -D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, S.-J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFuh, J. -L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T21:34:36Z
dc.date.available2006-09-08T21:34:36Z
dc.date.issued2003-02en_US
dc.identifier.citationFuh, J.-L.; Wang, S.-J.; Lee, S.-J.; Lu, S.-R.; Juang, K.-D.; (2003). "Quality of life and menopausal transition for middle-aged women on Kinmen island." Quality of Life Research 12(1): 53-61. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43564>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0962-9343en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2649en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43564
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=12625518&dopt=citationen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough it seems reasonable to suggest that most women experience significant changes in quality of life (QOL) during the menopausal period, few researchers have quantified these changes. A total of 1497 women, aged 40–54 years and living on the island of Kinmen, were recruited for this survey. However, 137 were eliminated leaving 1360 for analysis. Women who used hormonal therapy or who had undergone surgically induced menopause were excluded. The subjects with incomplete data or who exhibited mental retardation or severe psychiatric disease were also eliminated. Univariate analysis demonstrated that, in general, QOL scores were poorer for perimenopausal and postmenopausal status. Comparing pre- and postmenopausal women, significant statistical differences were demonstrated for role limitations due to physical and emotional problems, even after adjusting for age, education level, body mass index, menarche, and chronic illness. A strong association was demonstrated between menopausal symptoms and premens-trual syndrome (PMS). Women with menopausal symptoms and PMS had significantly lower scores on all SF-36 dimensions. The results of this study suggest that poorer health status is experienced by peri- and postmenopausal women compared to premenopausal women.en_US
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dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Mediaen_US
dc.subject.otherMedicine & Public Healthen_US
dc.subject.otherQuality of Life Researchen_US
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherHealth Relateden_US
dc.subject.otherMenopauseen_US
dc.subject.otherQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subject.otherWomenen_US
dc.subject.otherPublic Health/Gesundheitswesenen_US
dc.titleQuality of life and menopausal transition for middle-aged women on Kinmen islanden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Biostatistics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherThe Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwanen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherThe Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwanen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwanen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherThe Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwanen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.identifier.pmid12625518en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43564/1/11136_2004_Article_5091165.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022074602928en_US
dc.identifier.sourceQuality of Life Researchen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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