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Menopause-Specific Quality of Life among Emirati Women

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  • Linda Smail

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Zayed University, Dubai 19282, UAE)

  • Ghufran Jassim

    (Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain)

  • Anam Shakil

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Zayed University, Dubai 19282, UAE)

Abstract

To investigate the quality of life (QOL) of menopausal Emirati women aged 40–64 years and determine its relationship with their sociodemographic characteristics. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 70 Emirati women using multistage stratified clustered random sampling. The participants were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire comprising sociodemographic variables, reproductive characteristics, and the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire. The most common symptom among the study participants was ‘aching in the muscles’. The participants had a moderate level of bothersome symptoms; in addition, vasomotor symptoms were reported by 61%, while sexual symptoms were only reported by one-third of the participants. There were no significant differences between the menopausal status in any of the four domains of the MENQOL questionnaire. Additionally, there were no significant differences between the mean scores of the four MENQOL domains and all predictors. This study highlights the importance of educating women about menopause and its symptoms.

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  • Linda Smail & Ghufran Jassim & Anam Shakil, 2019. "Menopause-Specific Quality of Life among Emirati Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2019:i:1:p:40-:d:299717
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