Insomnia in Japanese peri- and postmenopausal women

Abstract

Insomnia in Japanese peri- and postmenopausal women correlates more strongly with depressed mood than with vasomotor symptoms. Cessation of smoking may improve the women's sleep quality, and hormone therapy and nightly hypnotics are both effective treatments.

Yoga decreases insomnia in postmenopausal women

“…3,4 These vasomotor symptoms are considered at least partially responsible for sleep disorders after menopause. 5,6 Many women present with sleep disorders after menopause. 7 An epidemiological study conducted in São Paulo found that 81.6% of the interviewees had sleep complaints, and 52.1% of the respondents complained of insomnia.…”

Prevalence and predictors of storage lower urinary tract symptoms in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women attending a menopause clinic

“…26 -32 Specifically, we retrospectively analyzed the first-visit records of 351 Japanese perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged 40 years or older who had enrolled in the Systematic Health and Nutrition Education Program conducted at the menopause clinic of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital from November 2007 to December 2012. All middle-aged women who had enrolled in this program were referred to our clinic for treatment of their menopausal symptoms, and all participants provided an informed consent form.…”

“…The MHR-QOL, developed and validated in our clinic, [26][27][28][29][30][31][32]34 is a modification of the Women's Health Questionnaire 35,36 and contains 38 items scored on a four-point or binary scale covering four major domains of a woman's health during menopause (physical health, mental health, life satisfaction, and social involvement). The physical health domain consists of nine items that assess vasomotor, somatic, and urinary symptoms, including frequent urination.…”

Effects of the Kampo medication keishibukuryogan on blood pressure in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

“…The details of the study population have been described previously [5][6][7]. Briefly, the SHNEP was conducted at the Menopause Clinic of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, between March 22, 1995, andDecember 16, 2009.…”