Menopause research in Latin America.
Climacteric
; 22(1): 17-21, 2019 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30572731
For 15 years, the Collaborative Group for Research of the Climacteric in Latin America (REDLINC) has been conducting research on several topics including age of menopause, metabolic syndrome, quality of life and climacteric symptoms, sexual dysfunction, poor quality of sleep and insomnia, and use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) in the general population and among gynecologists. Examples of data to have emerged for this region include the age of menopause (49 years), a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome (42.9%), and a new waist circumference cut-off value for the Latin American population (88 cm). Sexual dysfunction, poor quality of life, and sleep disorders have a prevalence of over 50%, with obesity and sedentary lifestyles affected importantly. MHT use is still low (12.5%), lack of prescription the most important reason for not using it, and gynecologists use MHT for themselves but do not recommend it often to their patients. The prevalence of alternative therapy use, recommended by physicians, is high.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Menopausa
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Terapia de Reposição Hormonal
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Climacteric
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Panamá
País de publicação:
Reino Unido