Author(s)

Daouda Camara^1*, Seydou Fané², Yacouba Sylla³, Aly Daouda Oulogem¹, Bintou Samaké¹, Abdoulaye Sidibé¹, Simaga Ismaël¹, Soumana Oumar Traoré⁴, Saye Amaguiré⁵, Déssé Diarra⁵, Amadou Bocoum², Koné Diakaridia⁶, Keita Sema³, Mahamadou Coulibay⁷, Haidara Ramatoullaye⁸, Ibrahima Téguetté², Youssouf Traoré²

¹Major Moussa Diakité Referral Health Centre in Kati, Kati, Mali.
²Gabriel Touré University Hospital, Bamako, Mali.
³Fana Referral Health Centre, Koulikoro, Mali.
⁴Joint Reference Health Centre V, Bamako, Mali.
⁵Joint Reference Health Centre IV, Bamako, Mali.
⁶Commune I/Bamako Referral Health Centre, Bamako, Mali.
⁷Kalaban Coro Referral Health Centre, Koulikoro, Mali.
⁸Koulikoro Referral Health Centre, Koulikoro, Mali.

Objective: This paper aims to study the sociodemographic and clinical aspects of menopausal climacteric syndrome in the city of Kati in Mali. Patients and Methods: This was a quantitative descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted in the city of Kati from February 1 to July 31, 2021. We included 112 menopausal women. Women were selected from a household survey using the sampling step. We were interested in conjugal, family and professional life, self-esteem and the state of health of women in general. Results: More than half of the women in our study were already postmenopausal (52.2%); the mean age was 50.5 years with the extremes ranging from 41 to 62 years. The majority of them were married (69.9%), housewives (43.4%) and Bambara (53.1%). The most common climacteric syndromes were: joint pain (65.5%), hot flashes (62.8%) and night sweats (56.6%). Genital-urinary syndromes (42.5%) were dominated by decreased libido (41.7%), urinary disorder (23%) and vaginal dryness (14.6%). Genitalia-urinary syndromes increased the frequency of disagreements; Pearson’s Chi-square = 33.63; ddl = 1; P = 0.001. There was a statistically significant relationship between night sweat, genital-urinary syndromes, joint pain, and increased disease frequency with, respectively: Pearson’s chi-square = 4.660; ddl = 1; P = 0.031; Fisher’s exact test, P = 0.001, Pearson’s Chi-square = 8.434; ddl = 1; P = 0.004. There was no statistically significant relationship between climacteric syndrome and family life, work life and self-esteem. Changes in the professional relationship between women and their co-workers included, respectively: arguments (50%); disagreements (25%) and disobedience (25%). Conclusion: Menopause deteriorates the quality of life of women who suffer in silence, hence the need to pay special attention to them.

Menopause, Climacteric Syndrome, Quality of Life, Kati, Mali

Camara, D. , Fané, S. , Sylla, Y. , Oulogem, A. , Samaké, B. , Sidibé, A. , Ismaël, S. , Traoré, S. , Amaguiré, S. , Diarra, D. , Bocoum, A. , Diakaridia, K. , Sema, K. , Coulibay, M. , Ramatoullaye, H. , Téguetté, I. and Traoré, Y. (2023) Sociodemographic and Clinical Aspects of Climacteric Syndrome of Menopause in the City of Kati in Mali Involving 113 Women. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 13, 1938-1948. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2023.1312164.