conclusions spiritual intervention effectively could reduce the severity of postmenopausal depression. considering the high prevalence of depression in postmenopausal women and the effectiveness, simplicity, and affordability of spiritual intervention, using such interventions in postmenopausal women is recommended. patients and methods a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on po...

the treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. complementary and alternative medicine (cam) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. an “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. research shows that 40 percent of women in the united states use...

introduction: burning mouth syndrome (bms) is defined as burning and pain in the oral mucosa usually without any clinical and laboratory findings. it has a negative effect on patients' quality of life and can be a significant health problem. the aim of this study was to identify major risk factors associated with bms in menopausal and non-menopausal women at dental clinics of gorgan, iran. meth...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of tehran women general hospital. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study which has been done between january 2011 and january 2012, in  menopause clinic of tehran women's general hospital 134 women were studied. for each woman a questionnaire was comple...

conclusions the majority of iranian women had neutral attitudes towards menopause, which may be evidence of poor knowledge about menopause. therefore, it is suggested that appropriate educational programs be developed and implemented by policymakers in order to increase knowledge and raise awareness among women about menopause. results out of the 21 selected documents, 11 studies were eligible ...

background:   objective: to determine knowledge of hormone therapy (ht), reproductive physiology, and menopause in a population of 40-60 year old women.   materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted through a cluster sampling among 330 women in yazd, islamic republic of iran, in 2010. data was collected using a questionnaire containing questions about reproductive physiology...

Age at menopause is an important epidemiologic characteristic whose reliability of reporting in the US population is not known. The authors examined four hypotheses about the reliability of reported age at menopause in the United States: 1) women with hysterectomy-induced menopause more reliably report their age at menopause than women who have undergone natural menopause; 2) reliability declin...

Background: Menopause occurs between the ages of 40 and 50, marks end a woman's menstrual cycle. A period time during which woman does not have monthly cycle for more than 12 months is known as post-menopause. Women may suffer challenges in their daily lives this period, such depression, anxiety, sleep loss, all can negative impact on quality life. decrease hormone production, estrogen progeste...

Background: Menopause age is a determinant of health status and the risks for future diseases. Aim: The current study aimed to determine the average age of menopause among Iranian women in a meta-analysis. Method: This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in August 2017. The articles were searched in Persian databases, including Iran Medex, SID, and Magiran, as well as internationa...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The timing of menopause, perception as well as menopausal symptoms varies between populations and within populations. The main objective of the present study was to assess women's perception and experience regarding menopause, to find out symptoms and mean age of menopause and to study socio-demographic characteristics of menopaused women and to find out its relationsh...