Assessment of menopausal symptoms using modified Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) among middle age women in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Q1 Medicine Asia Pacific Family Medicine Pub Date : 2010-02-22 DOI:10.1186/1447-056X-9-5
Syed Alwi Syed Abdul Rahman, Siti Rubiah Zainudin, Verna Lee Kar Mun
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Abstract

Background: Menopausal symptoms can be assessed by several tools, and can be influenced by various socio-demographic factors.

Objectives: To determine the commonly reported menopausal symptoms among Sarawakian women using a modified Menopause Rating Scale (MRS).

Methods: By using modified MRS questionnaire, 356 Sarawakian women aged 40-65 years were interview to document of 11 symptoms (divided into somatic, psychological and urogenital domain) commonly associated with menopause.

Results: The mean age of menopause was 51.3 years (range 47 - 56 years). The most prevalent symptoms reported were joint and muscular discomfort (80.1%); physical and mental exhaustion (67.1%); and sleeping problems (52.2%). Followed by symptoms of hot flushes and sweating (41.6%); irritability (37.9%); dryness of vagina (37.9%); anxiety (36.5%); depressive mood (32.6%). Other complaints noted were sexual problem (30.9%); bladder problem (13.8%) and heart discomfort (18.3%). Perimenopausal women (n = 141) experienced higher prevalence of somatic and psychological symptoms compared to premenopausal (n = 82) and postmenopausal (n = 133) women. However urogenital symptoms mostly occur in the postmenopausal group of women.

Conclusions: The prevalence of menopausal symptoms using modified MRS in this study correspond to other studies on Asian women however the prevalence of classical menopausal symptoms of hot flushes, sweating was lower compared to studies on Caucasian women.

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使用改良的更年期评定量表(MRS)评估马来西亚沙捞越州古晋市中年妇女的更年期症状。
背景:更年期症状可通过多种工具进行评估,并受各种社会人口因素的影响:更年期症状可通过多种工具进行评估,并受各种社会人口因素的影响:使用改良的更年期评定量表(MRS)确定砂拉越妇女通常报告的更年期症状:方法:使用改良的MRS问卷,对356名年龄在40-65岁之间的砂拉越妇女进行访谈,记录与更年期相关的11种常见症状(分为躯体、心理和泌尿生殖领域):结果:更年期妇女的平均年龄为 51.3 岁(47-56 岁不等)。最常见的症状是关节和肌肉不适(80.1%)、身心疲惫(67.1%)和睡眠问题(52.2%)。其次是潮热和出汗症状(41.6%)、易怒(37.9%)、阴道干涩(37.9%)、焦虑(36.5%)和抑郁情绪(32.6%)。其他主诉包括性问题(30.9%)、膀胱问题(13.8%)和心脏不适(18.3%)。与绝经前(82 人)和绝经后(133 人)妇女相比,围绝经期妇女(141 人)的躯体和心理症状发生率较高。然而,泌尿生殖系统症状主要发生在绝经后妇女群体中:本研究中使用改良 MRS 的更年期症状发生率与其他针对亚洲女性的研究结果一致,但与针对白种女性的研究结果相比,潮热、出汗等典型更年期症状的发生率较低。
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