Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background: The study aimed to identify factors affecting dysfunction in the climacteric women. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 410 menopausal women in Truong An ward, Hue City. The degree of functional disorders in menopause was measured by Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency constitutions were determined by Body Constitution Questionnaire. Results: The average scores of each sub-scale and total MRS scale were 3.05 ± 1.93, 4.70 ± 2.63, 3.12 ± 1.88, and 10.88 ± 5.72, respectively. Yin deficiency constitution accounted for 69.3% and Yang deficiency constitution 50.7%. The risk factors including: smoking with psychological (OR=9.75; 95% CI: 2.42-39.30; p<0.05); physical activity with urogenital (OR = 3.34; 95% CI: 1.42-7.85; p<0.05); parity with psychological (OR=1.45; 95% CI: 1.02-2.06; p<0.05); Yin deficiency constitution with psychological (OR=1.10; 95% CI: 1.06-1.13; p<0.001), somatovegetative (OR=1.23; 95% CI: 1.18-1.28; p<0.001), urogenital (OR=1.23; 95% CI: 1.15-1.32; p<0.001), and total scale (OR=1.31; 95% CI: 1.23-1.39; p<0.001); Yang deficiency constitution with psychological (OR=1.11; 95% CI: 1.08–1.14; p<0.001), somatovegetative (OR=1.09; 95% CI: 1.05–1.13; p<0.001), urogenital (OR=1.09; 95% CI: 1.03–1.15; p<0.05), and total scale (OR=1.17; 95% CI: 1.10–1.24; p<0.001). Conclusions: Smoking, physical activity, parity, Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency were factors associated with dysfunction in menopausal women.
Source: Tạp chí Y Dược Huế
Authors: Thi Huong Lam Nguyen, Dinh Hue Le, Thi Tan Nguyen
Institutions: Huế University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue Central Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408996460