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Quality of life in climacteric women assisted by primary health care

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  • Geraldo Edson Souza Guerra Júnior
  • Antônio Prates Caldeira
  • Fernanda Piana Santos Lima de Oliveira
  • Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo Brito
  • Kelma Dayana de Oliveira Silva Gerra
  • Carlos Eduardo Mendes D’Angelis
  • Luís Antônio Nogueira dos Santos
  • Lucineia de Pinho
  • Josiane Santos Brant Rocha
  • Daniela Araújo Veloso Popoff

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This cross-sectional study evaluated the quality of life and associated factors of climacteric women in Brazil using a random and representative sample of women assisted by primary care professionals. We investigated the variables using the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, MENQOL, whose mean scores were compared using Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests according to the sample characteristics. The variables associated with the outcomes in univariate analyses with a p≤0.2 were jointly evaluated using multiple linear regression. In this study, 849 women ranging in age from 40 to 65 years were evaluated. The predictors of poor quality of life in the vasomotor domain were women with severe climacteric symptoms (p

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  • Geraldo Edson Souza Guerra Júnior & Antônio Prates Caldeira & Fernanda Piana Santos Lima de Oliveira & Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo Brito & Kelma Dayana de Oliveira Silva Gerra & Carlos Eduardo Me, 2019. "Quality of life in climacteric women assisted by primary health care," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(2), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0211617
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211617
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    1. Ronilson Ferreira Freitas & Josiane Santos Brant Rocha & Laercio Ives Santos & André Luiz de Carvalho Braule Pinto & Maria Helena Rodrigues Moreira & Fernanda Piana Santos Lima de Oliveira & Maria Suz, 2021. "Validity and precision of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for climacteric women using computational intelligence techniques," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(1), pages 1-18, January.

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