Quality of life impairment during the female menopausal transition is related to personal and partner factors

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Chedraui, Peter ^a,b   San Miguel, Glenda ^a   Avila, Carlos ^a  

^a Hospital Dr Teodoro Maldonado Carbo   (Ecuador)

^b Instituto Para la Salud de la Mujer   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Impairment; Menopause; Menopause Rating Scale; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SLEEP DISORDER; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADULT; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPOUSES;

EID: 67249096772     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802617770     Document Type: Article

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