Menopause and work: A narrative literature review about menopause, work and health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Menopause is part of working women's lives. In Western countries, labour market patterns are changing rapidly: women's labour participation has increased, the percentage of full-time working women is rising, and retirement age is increasing.

Objective

This narrative literature study aims to provide an insight in the state of the art in the literature about the relationship between menopause, work and health and to identify knowledge gaps as input for further research.

Methods

The search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE and ScienceDirect. The final set includes 36 academic articles, 27 additional articles related to the topic and 6 additional sources.

Results

Research on menopause, work and health is scarce. Results are grouped thematically as

SUBMITTER: Verdonk P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277682 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature