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

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.