Author(s)

Fawzia AbdulHalim¹, Amat Alkhlig Mehras², Ali Assabri³, Mohamed Alkobaty⁴, Saba’a Alawadi⁵, Ammar Albourhi⁶

¹Nursing Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sana’a, Sana’a, Yemen.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Dhamar University, Dhamar, Yemen.
³Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sana’a, Sana’a, Yemen.
⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sana’a, Sana’a, Yemen.
⁵Training and Research Centre, Al Thawra Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen.
⁶University of Science and Technology Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen.

Introduction: Age at menopause, influencing factors associated, symptoms related and protective health behavior vary among populations. Objectives: Objectives of the study were to estimate the age at menopause, identify associated factors, assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms and relate protective health behavior among Yemeni women. Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 1000 women naturally menopause aged 40 - 60 recruited from women community Centres in Sana’a city. Results: The mean age at menopause was found to be 47.8 ± 1.2 years. Significant influencing factors were genetic, biological, physical characteristics, weight, height, BMI, and physiological characteristic, such as menarche age, reproductive history, parity and abortion. Socioeconomic status had no significant influence. Most prevalent menopausal symptoms were hot flushes and sleep problems. The great majority of the women did not practice any special protective health behavior. Conclusion: Further studies on menopause phenomena are needed. Protective health behavior education efforts are made to increase women knowledge about menopause and promote menopausal women quality of life.

Menopausal Age, Influencing Factors, Menopausal Symptoms, Protective Health Behaviors, Yemeni Women

AbdulHalim, F. , Mehras, A. , Assabri, A. , Alkobaty, M. , Alawadi, S. and Albourhi, A. (2018) Menopause among Yemen Women. Advances in Aging Research, 7, 65-77. doi: 10.4236/aar.2018.74006.