ReviewReproductive health2022
A review of menopause nomenclature.
Review in Reproductive health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique on Depressive and Menopausal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women
The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Relaxation and Breathing Training on Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women
Who cites it
60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Pilates exercises on health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Denosumab as an immune modulator in HER2-negative early breast cancer: results of the window-of-opportunity D-BIOMARK clinical trial.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Trial
- Preworkout dietary nitrate magnifies training-induced benefits to physical function in late postmenopausal women: a randomized pilot study.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2024Trial
- Association Between Vitamin D Status, Metabolic Syndrome, and Menopausal Type: A Comparative Observational Study in Women with Early and Physiological Menopause.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Examination of the relationship between post-voiding residual urine volume and patient-reported urinary symptoms in postmenopausal women.BMC women's health · 2026Observational
- Vascular health and exercise in females throughout the lifespan: Exploring puberty, pregnancy and menopause.Experimental physiology · 2026Review
- Beyond Estrogen: Distribution and Hormonal Correlates of Serum Testosterone Among Postmenopausal U.S. Women, NHANES 2011-2016 and 2021-2023.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- An Overarching Conceptual Framework for Menstrual Health in Sport Research: Theory, Causality and Validation.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- An Exploratory Clinical Study of Structured Psychological Intervention for Menopausal Symptom Management.Cureus · 2026Article
- Considerations and practical recommendations for identifying perimenopause in longitudinal research.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Review
- Pharmacokinetic analysis of 25 mg estradiol subcutaneous bioabsorbable implant in postmenopausal women (CLARA STUDY).Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- The Potential Role of Dietary (Poly)phenols in Cardiometabolic Risk During Menopause: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Navigating menopausal health in Oman (Marie Oman WP2a).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The effect of intensity on metabolic and ventilatory responses to steady-state exercise in women across the adult lifecycle.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Moving through menopause: a mixed methods study of UK women's experiences of being physically active during the menopause life stage.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Menopause Hormone Therapy in Women With Cardiovascular Risk Factors or Established Ischemic Heart Disease: A Joint FIGO and WHF Position Paper.Global heart · 2026Review
- Menopausal Status and Thrombosis Risk in Hemodialysis Catheter Use: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Earlier Menopause and Risk of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Global Cohort Study.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2026Article
- Liver fat fraction negatively correlates with lumbar BMD in normal body mass index postmenopausal women: mediated by bone marrow fat.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Evolving Concepts and Contemporary Management of Early-Stage Breast Cancer: An Evidence-Based Approach to Grey Zones from a Comprehensive Breast Unit Part 2: Systemic Treatment.European journal of breast health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Menopause nomenclature varies in the scholarly literature making synthesis and interpretation of research findings difficult. Therefore, the present study aimed to review and discuss critical developments in menopause nomenclature; determine the level of heterogeneity amongst menopause definitions and compare them with the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop criteria. Definitions/criteria used to characterise premenopausal and postmenopausal status were extracted from 210 studies and 128 of these studies were included in the final analyses. The main findings were that 39.84% of included studies were consistent with STRAW classification of premenopause, whereas 70.31% were consistent with STRAW classification of postmenopause. Surprisingly, major inconsistencies relating to premenopause definition were due to a total lack of reporting of any definitions/criteria for premenopause (39.84% of studies). In contrast, only 20.31% did not report definitions/criteria for postmenopause. The present findings indicate that there is a significant amount of heterogeneity associated with the definition of premenopause, compared with postmenopause. We propose three key suggestions/recommendations, which can be distilled from these findings. Firstly, premenopause should be transparently operationalised and reported. Secondly, as a minimum requirement, regular menstruation should be defined as the number of menstrual cycles in a period of at least 3 months. Finally, the utility of introducing normative age-ranges as supplementary criterion for defining stages of reproductive ageing should be considered. The use of consistent terminology in research will enhance our capacity to compare results from different studies and more effectively investigate issues related to women's health and ageing.
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