Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Menopause is a natural phenomenon occurring as women approach middle-age. It is characterized by declining of ovarian function and onset of the last menstrual period and subsequent month cessation of menstruation. Due to a growing aging population and longer life expectancies, sub-Saharan African women will spend a significant portion of their lives in postmenopause. Menopausal symptom research has been primarily conducted on Caucasian women from high-income countries.
Understanding menopause symptom prevalence and perceptions among diverse women in Ethiopia will better inform reproductive health care. We conducted a multi-stage, cross-sectional study on perimenopausal and postmenopausal women aged years in Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, menopausal status and an item Menopause Rating Scale MRS were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaire.
Statistical analyses consisted of descriptive data and chi-squared analyses. Study participants were The most prevalent types of menopausal symptoms reported from the MRS were from somatic subscale The most commonly reported individual symptoms were: hot flushes Each of the somatic, psychological, and urogenital MRS subscale scores were higher among postmenopausal women compared to perimenopausal women.
Women self-reported differing severity levels of symptoms with high severity reported in 8. Our study provides the first presentation of menopausal symptoms among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in the Gulele sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
We capture the prevalence of menopausal symptoms experienced as well as self-rated severity through the MRS. Our findings reflect menopausal symptoms in our specific study population and have been found to be consistent with previous international research. The online version of this article The World Health Organization WHO projects a rise in the proportion of adults over age 60 in sub-Saharan Africa from 46 million people in to million by [ 1 ].
