THE FREQUENCY OF SOME SUPPLEMENTS AND HORMONE THERAPY IN MENOPOUSAL WOMEN IN HAMADAN CITY

Shobeiri, F and Nazari, M and Poor Hamzeh, M and Majlesi, A (2013) THE FREQUENCY OF SOME SUPPLEMENTS AND HORMONE THERAPY IN MENOPOUSAL WOMEN IN HAMADAN CITY. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 11 (7). pp. 556-563.

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Abstract

Menopause happens in the life of all women. During this process women inter to the new era of life that have many side effects and difficulties. The purpose of study was to evaluate the frequency of hormone therapy and other supplements. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study carried out on 384 menopausal women who attended in medical and health centers of Hamadan city in 2012. The way of sampling was multi-stage cluster. Data were collected through interviews with women in the clinics in the health centers. Data processing and statistical analysis were performed by using SPSS 16.0. Results: The results revealed that mean age of menopause was 48/45± 3/38 year. 81.5% of the women were taking supplements that used hormone therapy (9.1%), and 72.4% used non hormonal supplement that included calcium (38.3%), vitamin (27.3%) and herbal drugs (6.8%). Regarding to this results x2 test showed that age at menarche, smoking, mother education, BMI, type of menopause, and use of supplements in different menopause groups was not statistically significant(p>0/05). Conclusion: The results showed that 81.5% of menopausal women were taking supplements from which 72.4% was non-hormonal supplements. Therefore, effective educational programs with supplement interventions can improve the quality of life in postmenopausal women.

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