How are menopause and the climacteric related

Perimenopause and climacteric may be used with patients, but encompass a wider time span from STRAW MT to Early Postmenopause.

how are menopause and the climacteric related4 Menopause and climacteric are terms that are often used interchangeably, but they actually refer to different aspects of a woman’s reproductive journey. While they are related, it’s important to understand the distinctions between the two.

Several hormones in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis are markers of ovarian aging, including FSH, estradiol, inhibin B and AMH.

Title: Menopause: Relationship between climacteric symptoms and sexual satisfaction Authors: Varma, Gülfizar Sözeri
Karadağ, Filiz
Oğuzhanoğlu, Nalan Kalkan
Özdel, Osman
Kökten, Selin Keywords: Climacteric symptoms
Menopause
Sexual satisfaction
anorgasmia
anxiety
article
educational status
female
hot flush
human
involutional depression
irritability
major clinical study
menopausal syndrome
night sweat
postmenopause
psychological aspect
rating scale
sexual behavior
sexual satisfaction
urban area Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate depression and anxiety levels, climacteric symptoms and sexual satisfaction in naturally occurred and surgically induced postmenopausal women and also the effects of symptoms on the sexual satisfaction. Method: Fifty women (32 natural menopauses and 18 surgical menopauses) attended to this study in Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pamukkale University. Psychological outcome was measured by using the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Green Climacteric Symptom Scale (GKS) and Golombock Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS). Findings: This majority of the group were housewives living in urban parts, and from primary school level of education. HAM-D (7.74(5.70) and HAM-A (14.26(10.16) scores showed that these women suffered from mild depression and anxiety symptoms. Most of the climacteric symptoms were difficulties in concentrating (n:36 72%), feeling tense or nervous (n:31 62%), feeling tired or lacking in energy (n:30 60%); feeling unhappy (n:30 60%); crying spells (n:26 52%), loss of interest in things (n:29 58%), irritability (n:27 54%), hot flashes (n:32 64%), night sweats (n:27 54%), and decrease in sexual desire (n:34 68%). We found a negative correlation between education levels, climacteric symptoms and anorgasmia, sensuality, avoidance scores of GRISS (p<0.05). We found a positive correlation between menopause period and sexual dissatisfaction (p<0.05). Climacteric symptoms may effects in sexual satisfaction negatively (p<0.05). Natural and surgical menopause groups did not differ in HAM-D, HAM-A, GKS and GRISS (p>0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: This study suggested that menopause associated with mild level anxiety and depressive symptoms may lead to sexual dissatisfaction which was related with educational levels. Psychological symptoms were common but mild in our group. Climacteric symptoms affected sexual satisfaction negatively especially in psychological parameters.

URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/4500 ISSN: 1300-8773 Appears in Collections: Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
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Menopausal and female climacteric states meaning Both menopause and climacteric can cause unpleasant symptoms, this being one of the reasons why both terms are confused. The term climacteric refers to the transition between the fertile stage and the end of it.