Mapping global prevalence of menopausal symptoms among middle-aged women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women at middle age are puzzled by a series of menopausal disturbances, can be distressing and considerably affect the personal, social and work lives. We aim to estimate the global prevalence of nineteen menopausal symptoms among middle-aged women by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

Comprehensive search was performed in multiple databases from January, 2000 to March, 2023 for relevant studies. Random-effect model with double-arcsine transformation was used for data analysis.

Results

A total of 321 studies comprised of 482,067 middle-aged women were included for further analysis. We found varied prevalence of menopausal symptoms, with the highest prevalence of joint and muscular discomfort (65.43%, 95% CI 62.51-68.29) and lowest of

SUBMITTER: Fang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11220992 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature