Health profile of middle-aged women: The Women's Health in the Lund Area (WHILA) study

Li, Cairu; Wilawan, Kittisak; Samsioe, Göran; Lidfeldt, Jonas; Agardh, Carl‐David; Nerbrand, Christina

doi:10.1093/humrep/17.5.1379

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“…Detailed information of the WHILA study has been described previously (6) . In brief, the purpose of WHILA project was to evaluate health status, lifestyles, as well as social and medical factors among the middle-aged women who were 50-64 years old and inhibits in the southern part of Sweden.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…pre-menopause (PM), post-menopause (PMO) and peri-or post-menopausal women with current HRT use (PMT). The classifications were detailed by the previous study (6) .…”

Section: Study Population and Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These symptoms are widely regarded as typical for menopause. However, findings have been more controversial as to the relation between menopausal status and other physical or emotional problems that are frequently encountered by women during their midlife (5,6) .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several somatic and psychological disturbances occur frequently during women's midlives, especially at the first year of menopause, such as irritation, depressive mood, sleeping problems, fatigue, headache, muscular-skeletal pains and join problems (6) . Yet, these symptoms are considered as atypical for menopause because the prevalence of these symptoms is not only limited to the middle age of women.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, demographic characteristics, psychosocial issues (stress, employment conditions, total work burden, number of children, etc) and lifestyle factors are considered as important determinants for women's symptomatology (6,7,8,9) . These components might also exert an influence by modifying women's experience of symptoms.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Background factors influencing somatic and psychological symptoms in middle-age women with different hormonal status

Borgfeldt

Samsioe

et al. 2005

Maturitas

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Access to the published version may require journal subscription.Published with permission from: Elsevier Methods: A total of 6917 women living in the Lund area of southern Sweden were participates of this study. They completed a generic questionnaire pertaining to sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle factors and current health related problems.According to hormonal status, the participants were subdivided into three groups, i.e.premenopause, postmenopause and peri-or postmenopausal women with hormone replacement therapy (HRT).Results: By using multiple logistic regression models, a high risk for somatic symptoms was independently associated with unemployment, no exercise, un-married, high body weight, and diseases affecting the cardiovascular system as well as a history of cancer. .Psychological symptoms were independently associated with higher educational level, unemployment, no exercise, un-married, heavy smoking habits (>15 cig/day), weight gain, and a history of cancer. In addition, the background factors seemed to have less impact on symptoms among women who used HRT. Conclusion:Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors and concurrent health problems appear to have influences on the frequency and the number of somatic and psychological symptoms in middle-age women. Hormone replacement therapy seems to be able to counteract negative impacts caused by un-healthy lifestyle and other health problems.3 3

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…pre-menopause (PM), post-menopause (PMO) and peri-or post-menopausal women with current HRT use (PMT). The classifications were detailed by the previous study (6) .…”

Section: Study Population and Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%