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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Family and Reproductive Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Family and Reproductive Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-8949</Issn>
      <Volume>6</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2012</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women</title>
    <FirstPage>1</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>3</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mojgan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Asadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Endocrine &amp; Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jouyandeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Endocrine &amp; Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Farnaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Nayebzadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Mirzakochak Khan Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of Tehran Women General Hospital.
Materials and methods: In this cross sectional study which has been done between January 2011 and January 2012, in&#xA0; menopause clinic of Tehran Women's General Hospital 134 women were studied. For each woman a questionnaire was completed. The data gained from each questionnaire were&#xA0; analyzed using SPSS version 13.
Results: The mean age of natural menopause onset was 47.35 (SE=0.11) year. The symptoms associated with menopause were hot flushes (59.5%), mood swing (42.6%), vaginal dryness (41.1%) sleep problems (40.4%), night sweats (38.2%), memory loss (32.3%), urinary symptoms (18.3%), palpitation (6.6%), anxiety (5.8%), Joint and muscle pain (59.9%), depression (4.4%), Irritability (3.6%)..
Conclusion: This study showed that hot flushes, mood swing and vaginal dryness were the most common symptoms associated with menopause.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/134</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/134/134</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
