Objetivo: Esclarecer a influência da prática de exercícios físicos na qualidade vida mulheres pós-menopausa. Métodos: Revisão integrativa realizada nas bases dados PubMed, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (Medline), Literatura Latino-Americana e do caribe em ciências saúde (Lilacs) Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias la Salud (Ibecs), com os descritores (postmenopaus...

Objective: The aim was to assess QOL and its determining factors among postmenopausal women of a rural area of WestBengal in India. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 315 postmenopausal women and the data were collected using the modified menopause quality of life questionnaire of Hilditch. (Hilditch MENQOL). Results: Out of the 315 women who have been interviewed 243 (77%)...

Objective: To evaluate the symptoms of menopausal women and the link between sexual function, menopausal symptoms and demographic variables. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study in which 202 postmenopausal women admitted to the health care centers were selected. The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire and Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) were the main ...

OBJECTIVE To find out whether or not soy milk as a phytoestrogen product can improve the quality of life of the Iranian postmenopausal women. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants of this randomized clinical trial were 57 healthy postmenopausal women. All eligible women were randomly divided into two groups of soy milk (SG) and control (CG). Individuals in the SG (n = 34) received 500 ml soy mil...

This multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical study was designed to address the effectiveness of combined traditional-Chinese-medicine- (TCM-) based psychotherapy and Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the treatment of menopausal syndrome. Altogether 424 eligible women diagnosed as menopausal syndrome and categorized as Kidney-Yin/Kidney-Yang deficiency pattern in TCM were randomly assigned i...

conclusions: implementation of self-directed learning provides a useful strategy that should be included in health intervention and national surveillance programs in order to improve health and therapeutic compliance in postmenopausal women. results: there were significant statistical differences between two groups regarding the age of subjects; age of menopause; economic, educational and emplo...

Menopause is a natural part of the aging process in women and is defined as occurring 12 months after the last menstrual period marking the end of menstrual cycles. Menopause has a negative impact on the quality of life (QoL). Various generic and specific questionnaires have been used for assessing different dimensions of QoL in menopausal women. The purpose of this systematic review was to ide...