Showing papers in "Maturitas in 1994"

TL;DR: The study clearly demonstrated that climacteric complaints occur in south-east Asia, and suggested that vasomotor-complaint-related distress might be 'translated' into psychological complaints, which are more frequently considered to warrant consulting a physician.

TL;DR: Age, smoking, age of maternal menopause, parity, social class, meat and alcohol consumption, and maternal menopausal age were all independently associated with an early naturalMenopause.

TL;DR: Well-being of urban Australian-born, mid-aged women was related to current health status, psychosocial and lifestyle variables rather than to endocrine changes of the menopause.

TL;DR: Psychosocial and lifestyle variables as well as past or current reproductive health are more important determinants of women's psychological well-being during transition to menopause than menopausal status.

TL;DR: Chinese factory workers (427) mainly of Fujian origin were found to have few climacteric symptoms and these women's different Climacteric pattern could be related to their introspective abilities to cope adequately or in an impersonal manner.

TL;DR: The data suggest that bone mass and skin collagen decline in parallel with aging and that the hypoestrogenism developing in postmenopausal years has a significant effect on skin collagen content.

TL;DR: Premarin cream was well tolerated locally, and its general safety was good; the difference was statistically significant for skin thickness and fine wrinkles.

TL;DR: Findings show that treatment utilisers, in contrast to non-utilisers, reported a wider range of general symptoms, but reports on vasomotor symptoms did not contribute to the regression analysis.

TL;DR: No compelling or internally consistent evidence for an effect of estrogen on cognitive function was found in these older women, and data do not support the hypothesis that estrogen use after the menopause preserves cognitive function in old age.

TL;DR: Compliance to distinct combinations of hormone replacement therapy was assessed in 331 postmenopausal women treated for 1 to 5 years in the Menopause Unit of a third level referral Academic Hospital.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the treatment of menopausal symptoms with medication of proven efficacy may prevent lowering of quality of life due to menopause.

TL;DR: Analysis of the climacteric symptoms reported showed significant differences in the vasomotor and nervosity indices in the perimenopausal and postmenopausal groups.

TL;DR: In this paper, the efficacy of estrogen therapy for stress urinary incontinence was reviewed by examining published trials and to review the epidemiologic and physiologic evidence for its action.

TL;DR: Preliminary results suggest that local estrogen treatment appears to be a promising new approach for the treatment of skin ageing in perimenopausal females, however, for minimizing the risk of systemic hormonal side effects, concentrations and size of application field should be limited.

TL;DR: Women in this population were shown to suffer fewer symptoms than has been demonstrated in Caucasian women, and the relative absence of symptoms may contribute to the low demand for hormone replacement therapy in Hong Kong and other countries where climacteric symptoms are relatively infrequent.

TL;DR: Levels of physical activity were significantly associated with better self-rated health, lower BMI measurements, moderate alcohol intake and self-breast examination and there was no significant association between levels ofPhysical activity, psychological well-being and women's experience of symptoms during the natural menopause transition.

TL;DR: It is concluded that tibolone has a significant oestrogenic effect on the vagina as demonstrated by vaginal cytology and improvement in the symptoms of vaginal dryness, dyspareunia, sexual enjoyment and libido occurs.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that grapefruit juice may alter the metabolic degradation of estrogens, and increase the bioavailable amounts of 17 beta-estradiol and its metabolite estrone, presumably by affecting the oxidative degradation ofEstrogens.

TL;DR: It is concluded that clinicians responding to symptoms from middle-aged women should continue to address psychosocial factors just as vigorously as those related to their hormone status.

TL;DR: It is suggested that pre menopausal administration of OC can prevent the acceleration of bone turnover and reverse the decrease in bone density that follows the premenopausal impairment of ovarian function.

TL;DR: The cumulative incidence of HRT prescription is high, but from additional data it is apparent that within a period of 1 year and 9 months the majority of women stop taking HRT.

TL;DR: It is concluded that a vaginal silicone ring giving a continuous release of an ultra-low dose of estradiol is an effective and safe treatment for urogenital estrogen deficiency.

TL;DR: The findings of this study suggest that the average Filipino woman has an attitude of forbearance towards the climacteric syndrome, shaped by her Asian culture and Third World circumstances.

TL;DR: The premenstrual symptoms and their severity experienced by a woman when she was premenopausal significantly predicts the type and severity of the menopausal symptoms experienced by the woman.

TL;DR: Menopausal symptoms in this sample of Singaporean women were, in general, similar to those experienced in the West though the prevalence was low compared to European studies.

TL;DR: The reduction in lipoprotein(a) levels may have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular risk, which could go some way towards balancing the potentially adverse effect on the cardiovascular system caused by the reduction in HDL cholesterol.

TL;DR: It is suggested that some women might be seeking HRT at menopause to help alleviate pre-existing emotional difficulties and this may have important implications for treatment adherence.

TL;DR: The results show that a low dose of oral progesterone (100 mg/day), given during 25 days, efficiently protects the endometrium by fully inhibiting mitoses and induces amenorrhea in the majority of postmenopausal women, allowing better compliance to long-term therapy.

TL;DR: It is suggested that in Japanese men testicular endocrine functions decline after the fourth decade of life, and that Sertoli cell function declines earlier than Leydig cell function.

TL;DR: It is suggested that premenopausal impairment of ovarian function can lead to a bone loss in a significant proportion of women in which prevention should be considered before menopause.