Physcial and Mental Health: Changes during Menopause Transition Export

@article{citeulike:3733216, abstract = {Objective: To measure changes in physical and mental health in six groups of women defined by menopausal status or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Design: Longitudinal study with 2 years follow-up. Participants: Eight thousand six hundred and twenty three women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, aged 45-50 years in 1996. Main outcome measures: Changes in the eight dimensions of the Short Form General Health Survey (SF-36) adjusted for baseline scores, lifestyle, behavioural and demographic factors. Results: At baseline, mean scores for five of the eight dimensions of the SF-36 were highest (indicating better state of health or well-being) in premenopausal women. There were declines (that is, worsening health) in the SF-36 dimensions in most groups of women. Declines were largest in physical functioning (adjusted mean change of -4.9, standard error (SE) 0.7) and physical role limitation (-5.7, SE: 1.3) in women who remained peri-menopausal throughout the study period and in women taking HRT at the time of either survey (physical functioning: -5.3 (0.7), role physical limitation: -7.5 (1.2)). They were smallest in women who remained pre-menopausal (physical functioning: -3.2 (0.7); role physical limitation: -2.1 (1.1)). Conclusions: Physical aspects of general health and well-being decline during the menopausal transition. Sensitive measures and careful analysis are needed to understand why these changes are worse for peri-menopausal women and those taking HRT.}, author = {Mishra, Gita D. and Brown, Wendy J. and Dobson, Annette J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3733216}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4038860}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/4038860}, doi = {10.2307/4038860}, issn = {09629343}, journal = {Quality of Life Research}, keywords = {menopause}, number = {4}, pages = {405--412}, posted-at = {2008-12-01 17:45:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Physcial and Mental Health: Changes during Menopause Transition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4038860}, volume = {12}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3733216 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3733216 N2 - Objective: To measure changes in physical and mental health in six groups of women defined by menopausal status or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Design: Longitudinal study with 2 years follow-up. Participants: Eight thousand six hundred and twenty three women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, aged 45-50 years in 1996. Main outcome measures: Changes in the eight dimensions of the Short Form General Health Survey (SF-36) adjusted for baseline scores, lifestyle, behavioural and demographic factors. Results: At baseline, mean scores for five of the eight dimensions of the SF-36 were highest (indicating better state of health or well-being) in premenopausal women. There were declines (that is, worsening health) in the SF-36 dimensions in most groups of women. Declines were largest in physical functioning (adjusted mean change of -4.9, standard error (SE) 0.7) and physical role limitation (-5.7, SE: 1.3) in women who remained peri-menopausal throughout the study period and in women taking HRT at the time of either survey (physical functioning: -5.3 (0.7), role physical limitation: -7.5 (1.2)). They were smallest in women who remained pre-menopausal (physical functioning: -3.2 (0.7); role physical limitation: -2.1 (1.1)). Conclusions: Physical aspects of general health and well-being decline during the menopausal transition. Sensitive measures and careful analysis are needed to understand why these changes are worse for peri-menopausal women and those taking HRT. IS - 4 JF - Quality of Life Research SN - 09629343 EP - 412 TI - Physcial and Mental Health: Changes during Menopause Transition PB - Springer VL - 12 SP - 405 KW - menopause AU - Mishra, Gita AU - Brown, Wendy AU - Dobson, Annette PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4038860 ER -