Herrera PTB, Martínez CYM, Sarduy NM, Rodríguez ML, Rodríguez MM

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the clinical expression of climacteric syndrome is associated with the lifestyle of women, socio-cultural, environmental and occupational factors, family and marital relationships, overloading in the roles played, personality and selfesteem.
Objectives: identify the perception of intensity of the climacteric syndrome symptoms in a group of middle-aged women and relate them with some sociocultural factors.
Methods: adescriptive investigation was conducted at the Center for Medical and Surgical Research from 17 September 2012 to 31 May 2013. 120 women were interviewed between 40 and 59 years of different departments randomized. These subjects took a survey to measure the intensity of the climacteric syndrome. The survey used was recommended in the current Cuban Consensus.
Results: one third of the sample had their menopause and the average age was 48.52. There was predominance of moderate and very troublesome symptoms. Housing conditions, overcrowding and family dysfunction were not significant for the symptoms. 58.1% of women who reported dysfunction with her partner showed moderate to severe symptoms. Vasomotor symptoms were more intense in local hot jobs.
Conclusions: more than half of women with marital dysfunction presented mostly moderate to severe symptoms, genitourinary. Psychological symptoms are more common in women with loss of self-esteem and half of them perceived moderate or severe intensity.