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Iatreia
Print version ISSN 0121-0793
Abstract
MONTERROSA-CASTRO, Álvaro; DURAN-MENDEZ, Leidy Carolina and SALGUEDO-MADRID, Marlon. Menopausal manifestations and quality of life in afro-colombians. Valuation whit Cervantes scale. Iatreia [online]. 2017, vol.30, n.4, pp.376-390. ISSN 0121-0793. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v30n4a03.
Introduction:
the menopausal manifestations should be studied by ethnic considerations.
Objective:
to identify the most prevalent menopausal manifestations and to evaluate quality of life according to menstrual states.
Methods:
this study is a part of CAVIMEC [Quality of Life in Menopause and Colombian Ethnic Groups], performed with Cervantes Scale, which evaluates CV in menopause, in 646 Afro-Colombians, aged 40-59 years, living in populations of the Caribbean and Pacific.
Results:
mean age 48.7±5.7 years, 69.1% with obesity/ overweight, 22.7% with university/technological studies and 40.5% postmenopausal. The most prevalent manifestations: hot flashes 76.4%; suffocation 73.1%; Muscle/joint pain 71.3%; they couldn’t sleep 61.8%; easy sweating episode 55.8%; dry skin 50.4% and headache that increased during the day 44.2%. The third part could not be good by the nerves, things like boring, lost the ability to relax or noticed that everyone was spinning 24.4% had less interest in sex and 14.4% had not significant sexuality. Postmenopausal women had worse scores in most of the manifestations and in the domains of health, psychic, sexuality, relationship, vasomotor, health, aging and global.
Conclusion:
hot flashes, suffocations and muscle/ joint pain were the manifestations most prevalent, in seven out of ten. Postmenopausal women had worse quality of life.
Keywords : Climacteric; Menopause; Quality of Life.