Author/Editor		Meden-Vrtovec, H; Pinter, B; Andolšek-Jeras, L; Obersnel-Kveder, D; Kocijančič, A
Title		Perimenopavzalna znamenja pri 45-54 let starih ženskah v Sloveniji
Translated title		Perimenopausal features among women aged 45-54 years in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.		Letnik 63, št. 10
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. 609-12
Language		slo
Abstract		Background. The aim of the study was to determine the climacteric symptoms rate in perimenopausal women and which symptoms are the most characteristic and intense. In the study on a representative sample of women aged 45-54 years in Slovenia the presence of climacteric complaints, age at menopause and the rate of perimenopausal women among them was evaluated. The respective rates of women with severe menopausal symptoms and of those at risk for osteoporosis were also estimated. Methods. The survey consisted of 930 randomly selected women from the population of women aged 45-54 years in Slovenia, the sample being stratified in urban and rural area. The study was conducted between spring and autumn 1990. The women who responded to our written invitation and voluntary confirmed their participation, were enrolled in the study. Altogether 585 women (62.9 per cent of representative sample) were interviewed by 23 gynaecologists from entire Slovenia. A questionnaire contained information on socio-demographic data, reproductive history, history of other diseases, life habits and perimenopausal symptoms. Statistical evaluation of the data was done using t-test and correlation coefficients were carried out where appropriate. Results. The mean age at menopause is 47.7 years. There is no correlation neither between the age at menopause and history of oral contraceptive use nor between the age at menopause and smoking habits. The most frequent climacteric symptoms are nervousness (64 per cent of women), sweating (61 per cent), hot flushes (55 per cent), anxiety (51 per cent) and headache (50 per cent). The most severe symptoms are sweating, neruousness, headache, insomnia and hot flushes. Every fifth woman (20 per cent) notice a mild decrease in sexual desire, moderate decrease is found in 14 per cent and severe in 10 per cent of women.(trunc.)
Descriptors		MENOPAUSE MENSTRUAL CYCLE DIET CLIMACTERIC QUESTIONNAIRES MIDDLE AGE AGE FACTORS SLOVENIA SMOKING PREMENOPAUSE