Physical activity level, climacteric symptoms and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women
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menopause; physical activity; quality of lifeAbstract
Aim: To assess the relationship between the level of physical activity, climacteric symptoms and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women. Methods: The cross-sectional study included 100 postmenopausal women using a public leisure park. A questionnaire regarding the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics was applied. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess climacteric symptoms and health-related quality of life, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (short version) to estimate the level of physical activity. Results: The average age of women was 56.8 years. Insufficiently active women had higher overall score and MRS domains than physically active ones, indicating higher intensity of climacteric symptoms (< 0.001). Most (83.3%) of physically active women had a higher level of health-related quality of life, while in the insufficiently active group, only 10% had this condition (< 0.001). Active women were 10.6 times more likely to have better health-related quality of life than insufficiently active women. Conclusion: Regular physical activity seems to contribute positively to the reduction of climacteric symptoms and better health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women.
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