Goonaratna C, Fonseka P, Wijeywardene K
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
Ceylon Med J. 1999 Jun;44(2):63-9.
To determine the types of perimenopausal symptoms (PMS) associated with the natural menopause and to make a preliminary assessment of the influence of PMS on household work, employment duties and social life, since no published data are available regarding these aspects in Sri Lankan women.
A cross-sectional descriptive study of 403 women after natural menopause chosen randomly from four selected groups.
A pre-tested coded questionnaire administered by trained women medical students to consenting menopausal women.
An overwhelming majority of menopausal women (87.1%) had one or more PMS. The principal PMS reported were insomnia (57.8%), joint pains (55.8%), night sweats (55.6%), hot flushes (40.2%), irritability (35.3%) and headaches (33.3%). Of the 171 women employed outside the home, 38% noted some interference with employment duties. PMS causes much morbidity in Sri Lankan perimenopausal women.
鉴于斯里兰卡女性在这些方面尚无公开数据，确定与自然绝经相关的围绝经期症状（PMS）类型，并对PMS对家务、工作职责和社会生活的影响进行初步评估。
对从四个选定组中随机选取的403名自然绝经后女性进行横断面描述性研究。
由经过培训的女医学生向同意参与的绝经后女性发放预先测试过的编码问卷。
绝大多数绝经后女性（87.1%）有一项或多项PMS。报告的主要PMS有失眠（57.8%）、关节疼痛（55.8%）、盗汗（55.6%）、潮热（40.2%）、易怒（35.3%）和头痛（33.3%）。在171名外出工作的女性中，38%表示工作职责受到了一些干扰。PMS给斯里兰卡围绝经期女性带来了很高的发病率。
