the frequency of some supplements and hormone therapy in menopousal women in hamadan city

the frequency of some supplements and hormone therapy in menopousal women in hamadan city     shobeiri f [1] *, majlesi a [2] , poor hamzeh m [3] , nazari m [4]     received: 18 may , 2013 accepted: 27 jul , 2013    abstract  background & aims : menopause happens in the life of all women. during this process women inter to the new era of life that have many side effects and difficulties. the purpose of study was to evaluate the frequency of hormone therapy and other supplements.   materials & methods : this cross-sectional study carried out on 384 menopausal women who attended in medical and health centers of hamadan city in 2012 . the way of sampling was multi- stage cluster. data were collected through interviews with women in the clinics in the health centers. data processing and statistical analysis were performed by using spss 16.0. results: the results revealed that mean age of menopause was 38/3 ± 45/48 year. 81.5% of the women were taking supplements that used hormone therapy (9.1%), and 72.4% used non hormonal supplement that included calcium (38.3%), vitamin (27.3%) and herbal drugs (6.8%). regarding to this results x2 test showed that age at menarche, smoking, mother education, bmi, type of menopause, and use of supplements in different menopause groups was not statistically significant ( p >0/05) .  conclusion: the results showed that 81.5% of menopausal women were taking supplements from which 72.4% was non-hormonal supplements. therefore, effective educational programs with supplement interventions can improve the quality of life in postmenopausal women.  key words: menopause, supplement, hormone therapy, hamadan city     address: research center for child and maternity care, school of nursing & midwifery, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran   tel: (+98) 811 8380447, 9183169936   email : [email protected]   [1] associate professor, research center for child and maternity care, school of nursing & midwifery, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran(corresponding author)   [2] department of midwifery, school of nursing & midwifery, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran   [3] department of midwifery, school of nursing & midwifery, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran   [4] associate professor, department of medical entomology, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran