Pregnancy and birth history influence women's experience of menopause

Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society
Rachel HessKaren A Matthews

Abstract

The determinants of experiencing menopausal symptoms are complex, representing biological, psychological, and social factors. We report the impact of one such factor, fertility, on the experience of menopausal symptoms. We hypothesize that nulliparous women will have more dissatisfaction with childbearing choices and more negative attitudes toward menopause but will experience fewer menopausal symptoms. Women aged 40 to 65 years were recruited from a single internal medicine practice to participate in a 5-year longitudinal study of the impact of menopause on health-related quality of life. Women completed questionnaires including the RAND-36, attitudes toward menopause, menopausal symptoms, and fertility and childbearing. Based on self-reported pregnancy and birth history, we categorized women as parous (one or more live births), nulligravida (no pregnancies or births), and nulliparous (one or more pregnancies and no live births). Categorical variables were analyzed using univariable and multivariable ordered logistic and logistic regression. Continuous variables were analyzed using Student's t test and multivariable linear regression techniques. The 728 participants were, on average, 50.8 years old with 2.4 pregnancies and 1.7...Continue Reading

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Jul 15, 2011·Quality of Life Research : an International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation·Rachel HessKaren A Matthews
Jul 23, 2013·European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology·Ronit Haimov-KochmanDrorith Hochner-Celnikier
Feb 16, 2008·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Carla M DiGirolamoThomas L Toth
Oct 22, 2010·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Holly M ThomasRachel Hess
Jan 19, 2011·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Ronit Haimov-KochmanDrorith Hochner-Celnikier
Jun 11, 2011·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Beth A PrairieRachel Hess
May 10, 2011·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Deborah B NelsonEllen W Freeman
Feb 26, 2013·Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society·Semara ThomasRachel Hess
Jan 31, 2012·Journal of Women's Health·Karen NakanoLisa Gallicchio
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