Menopausal symptoms and quality of life during the menopausal transition in Sri Lankan women

Menopause

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Waidyasekera, Himansu ^a   Wijewardena, Kumudu ^a   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b   Naessen, Tord ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Menopause; Menopause rating scale; Quality of life; Short Form 36; Sri Lankan women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MUSCLE DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ARTHRALGIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTHRALGIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 64049090666     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31817a8abd     Document Type: Article

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