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Abstract
By means of a simple postal questionnaire, all women aged 60, 61 and 62 (n = 2015) living in the community of Linköping, Sweden, were screened for vasomotor
symptoms and local vaginal complaints. After one reminder, answers were received from
73% of the women.
At the time of the survey (April 1986) all the women were post-menopausal, the median
period since menopause being 11 yr. Slightly over one in four of the women (27%) were
suffering from sweating and hot flushes. Ten percent (10%) of the women who were more
than 15 yr post-menopausal still had moderate to severe climacteric symptoms. Vasomotor
symptoms were significantly more common among oophorectomized women than among those
whose ovaries were intact. Local vaginal symptoms were positively correlated with
urinary problems, repeated urinary tract infections and a high risk of disturbance
of sexual activity. It was concluded that climacteric symptoms often persist for more
than 15 yr after the menopause.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 6,
1988
Received in revised form:
March 26,
1988
Received:
November 27,
1987
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© 1988 Published by Elsevier Inc.
