SynthesisBMC public health2024
Mapping global prevalence of menopausal symptoms among middle-aged women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Vasomotor Symptoms and Their Association with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- FIGO best practice recommendations for the mental health of women at menopausal age.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Guideline
- Experience of menopause across ethnic groups: mapping the evidence through a scoping review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of a high-intensity functional exercise program on menopausal symptoms, physical performance, and dual-task performance in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2026Trial
- The effect of emotional freedom technique on depressive and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women: randomized controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Trial
- Blood proteomics of menopause map to brain aging and dementia risk.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Sleep Disruption in the Menopausal Transition and Postmenopause: A Narrative Review.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
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- Managing Vulvovaginal Atrophy, in Postmenopausal Women, Without Hormones: Efficacy of a Hyaluronic Acid Vaginal Moisturizer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Distinct intrinsic neural connectivity of an emotion regulation network across the menopausal transition.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Article
- Perimenopause and menopause in the military: a scoping review.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Physical and mental health impact of perimenopause, menopause and post menopause in a diverse global population (MARIE Project- Global Chapter WP 2a): cross-sectional quantitative data from a mixed-methods study.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Vitamin D Status and Reproductive Hormonal Profiles in Early Versus Physiological Menopause: A Comparative Observational Study.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Arabic translation, cross-cultural adaptation, feasibility, acceptability, and initial psychometric evaluation of the hot flushes diary and the hot flush rating scale and diary interference scale (HFRDIS) in young breast cancer survivors.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
- Saudi Women's Experiences of Sexual and Relational Changes During the Menopause Transition.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Women with PCOS have a later menopausal transition and a lower prevalence of menopausal symptoms at age 46: A population-based birth cohort study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Reproductive Fitness and the Links to Chronic Disease and Systemic Aging.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Trends in Government-Subsidised Menopausal Hormone Therapy Dispensing in Australia Between 2014 and 2023.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Real-World Effectiveness and Safety of Liuwei Dihuang Pill for Menopausal Syndrome: Protocol for a Prospective, Observational, Multicenter Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Observational
- Neurologic Complications of Pregnancy and Menopause.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundWomen at middle age are puzzled by a series of menopausal disturbances, can be distressing and considerably affect the personal, social and work lives. We aim to estimate the global prevalence of nineteen menopausal symptoms among middle-aged women by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsComprehensive search was performed in multiple databases from January, 2000 to March, 2023 for relevant studies. Random-effect model with double-arcsine transformation was used for data analysis.
resultsA total of 321 studies comprised of 482,067 middle-aged women were included for further analysis. We found varied prevalence of menopausal symptoms, with the highest prevalence of joint and muscular discomfort (65.43%, 95% CI 62.51-68.29) and lowest of formication (20.5%, 95% CI 13.44-28.60). Notably, South America shared dramatically high prevalence in a sort of menopausal symptoms including depression and urogenital symptoms. Besides, countries with high incomes (49.72%) had a significantly lower prevalence of hot flashes than those with low (65.93%), lower-middle (54.17%), and upper-middle (54.72%, p < 0.01), while personal factors, such as menopausal stage, had an influence on most menopausal symptoms, particularly in vaginal dryness. Prevalence of vagina dryness in postmenopausal women (44.81%) was 2-fold higher than in premenopausal women (21.16%, p < 0.01). Furthermore, a remarkable distinction was observed between body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of sleep problems, depression, anxiety and urinary problems.
conclusionThe prevalence of menopausal symptoms affected by both social and personal factors which calls for attention from general public.
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