Prevalence of Menopause Symptoms among Iranian Women

Objective: the aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of tehran women general hospital. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study which has been done between january 2011 and january 2012, in menopause clinic of tehran women's general hospital 134 women were studied. for each woman a questionnaire was completed. the data gained from each questionnaire were analyzed using spss version 13. results: the mean age of natural menopause onset was 47.35 (se=0.11) year. the symptoms associated with menopause were hot flushes (59.5%), mood swing (42.6%), vaginal dryness (41.1%) sleep problems (40.4%), night sweats (38.2%), memory loss (32.3%), urinary symptoms (18.3%), palpitation (6.6%), anxiety (5.8%), joint and muscle pain (59.9%), depression (4.4%), irritability (3.6%).. conclusion: this study showed that hot flushes, mood swing and vaginal dryness were the most common symptoms associated with menopause.