UNLABELLED Background : Evidences shows that menopause affects women's health, but women's knowledge of proper care and maintenance is insufficient. OBJECTIVE To determine knowledge of hormone therapy (HT), reproductive physiology, and menopause in a population of 40-60 year old women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted through a cluster sampling among 330 women ...

background:   objective: to determine knowledge of hormone therapy (ht), reproductive physiology, and menopause in a population of 40-60 year old women.   materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted through a cluster sampling among 330 women in yazd, islamic republic of iran, in 2010. data was collected using a questionnaire containing questions about reproductive physiology...

BACKGROUND Menopause is a complex biological phenomenon which is affected by socio-cultural and physiological factors. These factors may cause different experiences and concerns for menopausal women from different countries and even among women of diverse ethnic groups living in the same country. The signs and symptoms of menopause are exacerbated by the negative attitude of menopausal women an...

results: participants’ concerns were classified into 4 main themes, including: inability, aging, isolation, and healthiness. conclusions: understanding these concerns might contribute to the enrichment of the existing literature by providing evidences from a different culture, assisting to design effective supportive strategies, planning training programs and appropriate infrastructures for wom...

conclusions the majority of iranian women had neutral attitudes towards menopause, which may be evidence of poor knowledge about menopause. therefore, it is suggested that appropriate educational programs be developed and implemented by policymakers in order to increase knowledge and raise awareness among women about menopause. results out of the 21 selected documents, 11 studies were eligible ...

OBJECTIVE This study was aimed to evaluate the age at natural menopause and related factors among women in a population based study in 2015 in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study 960 menopausal women were selected by cluster sampling. Demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle behavior and reproductive history aspects were collected using a structured questionn...

STUDY QUESTION Do differences in heritable genetic factors explain some of the difference in age at natural menopause (ANM) among populations? SUMMARY ANSWER One single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-ANM association (rs16991615) detected in European women was replicated in Iranian women. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Genetics plays an important role in ANM, and well-powered genome-wide association s...

BACKGROUND It is reported that women in developing countries reach menopause earlier compared to developed countries. This seems to be due to underestimation of age at menopause as pre-menopause women who will reach menopause at older ages are commonly excluded in cross-sectional settings. In this study, we propose an estimation method which can deal with this bias. We also assessed major deter...

Background: Menopause age is a determinant of health status and the risks for future diseases. Aim: The current study aimed to determine the average age of menopause among Iranian women in a meta-analysis. Method: This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in August 2017. The articles were searched in Persian databases, including Iran Medex, SID, and Magiran, as well as internationa...