Quality of life among postmenopausal women enrolled in the Minnesota Green Tea Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postmenopausal symptomatology has not been elucidated in large, long-term human clinical trials. Our objective was to measure quality of life in postmenopausal women aged 50-70 years.

Methods

A Menopause-Specific Quality of Life-Intervention (MENQOL) questionnaire was completed by women enrolled in the Minnesota Green Tea Trial (n=932) to assess vasomotor, physical, sexual, and psychosocial symptoms in the years following menopause. Responses were coded; mean overall and domain scores ranged from 1 to 8. A higher score indicated more severe symptoms.

Results

Mean overall MENQOL scores were highest in women aged 50-54.9 years. A pattern of reduced symptom severity with increasing age was observed overall and within each domain. Women aged 50-54.9 years had m

SUBMITTER: Webster AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5751939 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature