@article{Prasit_Sakondhavat_Lao-unka_Soontrapa_Kaewrudee_Somboonporn_Tharnprisan_2013, title={Menopausal Symptoms among Women Attending of the Menopausal Clinic at Srinagarind Hospital}, volume={22}, url={https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/13150}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Blackground</span></strong><strong> : </strong>Menopause is the period of life after complete cessation of ovarian function. In this period, many physiologic changes occur as process of aging. Studying about menopausal symptoms in woman attending at  the Menopausal Clinic provides basic information and will be useful in developing appropriate medical and health  care services.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Objective</span></strong> : To study menopausal symptoms among women attend at the Menopausal Clinic Srinagarind  Hospital. <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Design </span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">:<strong> </strong></span>Descriptive study<strong> </strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Setting</span></strong> : Menopausal Clinic, Srinagarind Hospital. Faculty of Medicine  Khon Kaen University.<strong></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method </span></strong><strong>; </strong>One <span style="text-decoration: underline;">t</span>housand and two hundred twenty-one records of menopausal women both natural and surgical menopause, attending the menopausal clinic at Srinagarind hospital during January 1997 to December 2006 were reviewed. Natural menopause was divided into 2 subgroups, peri-menopausal group and post-menopausal group. The results were expressed  as mean value <span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span> standard deviation (SD). Chi-Square test were used for statistical comparison. The level of statistical significance was chosen as p< 0.05.  <strong></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Results</span></strong><strong> </strong>: Mean age of the subjects were 51.53 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span> 6.05 years, 52.82% were post- menopausal group. Mean age of natural menopause was 48.76 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span> 4.33 years. The three most menopausal symptoms were forgetfulness (90.90%), muscle/joint pains (87.05%) and tiredness (83.12%). Hot flushes was significant higher in surgical menopausal women (70.7%) than natural menopausal groups. Those in natural menopause, moody and decreasing sexual desire were more  presented in peri-menopausal women (87.6% and 75.5 % repectively) while vaginal dryness were mostly presented in post- menopausal  group (62.8 % ).</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Conclusion</span></strong><strong> :</strong>The three most common menopausal symptoms were forgetfulness, muscle/joint pains and tiredness. Hot flushes was significant higher in surgical menopausal women than those in natural  menopause. Moody and decreasing sexual desire were more presented in peri-menopausal women  while vaginal dryness were mostly presented in post- menopausal  group.<strong></strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Key word </span></strong> : Menopausal symptoms, hot flush, sexual desire, vaginal dryness.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Srinagarind Medical Journal}, author={Prasit, Molruedee and Sakondhavat, Chuanchom and Lao-unka, Kesorn and Soontrapa, Sugree and Kaewrudee, Srinaree and Somboonporn, Woraluk and Tharnprisan, Piangjit}, year={2013}, month={Nov.}, pages={267–274} }