Prevalence of somatic and urogenital symptoms as well as psychological health in women aged 45 to 55 attending primary health care: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demography, depression and symptom scores among women 45–55 years

	Total score (110)		Pre/peri^a (69)		Post^b (25)		P-value
Age
(y^)c	50 (3)		50 (3.1)		52 (3.0)		0.0049
Education (y)^d
Primary school (< 9)	20 (18)		8 (12)		7 (28)
Secondary school (10–12)	51 (46)		31 (45)		11(44)		0.0065
Tertiary school (>12)	39 (36)		30 (44)		7 (28)
Work^d
In work	92 (84)		57 (83)		21 (84)		0.87
Family status^d
Living with a partner	98 (89)		61 (88)		23 (92)		0.62
MRS score^e
Somatic^f	4.2 (2.9)	4.0 (2–6)	3.9 (2.9)	3.0 (2–6)	5.1 (2.5)	5.0 (4–7)	0.033
Urogenital^f	2.5 (2.4)	2.0 (1–4)	2.2 (2.3)	2.0 (0–4)	3.2 (2.3)	2.0 (2–5)	0.091
Psychologcal^f	3.8 (3.0)	3.0 (1–6)	3.9 (3.1)	3.0 (1–6)	3.8 (2.8)	4.0 (2–6)	0.90
Total^f	10 (6.4)	9.5 (5–15)	9.8 (6.6)	8 (4–15)	12 (5.6)	11 (10–15)	0.068
Depression score^d,g
No	58 (53)		36 (52)		12 (48)
Mild	45 (41)		29 (42)		11 (44)
Moderate	7 (6.4)		4 (58)		2 (8)		0.54
Major	0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)		0 (0.0)
Sumscore ^h	8.2 (5.9)	6.0 (4–12)	8.6 (6.0)	6 (4–13)	7.6 (5.6)	7 (4–11)	0.58

^a Still menstruation
^b No menstruation since more than one year ago
^c First figure mean values (SD)
^d n (%)
^e Subscale and total Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) scoring. The reference values for the symptoms are follow: > 8 (somatic), > 6 (psychological), > 3 (urogenital) and > 16 (total MRS) were defined as severe. First figure mean (SD) second figure median (25th and 75th percentile). Degree of severity of the MRS and its domains indicated; Total score; No, little (0–4), Mild (5–8), Moderate (9–16), Severe (17+), Psychological domain; No, little (0–1), Mild (2–3), Moderate (4–6), Severe (7+), Somatic domain; No, little (0–2), Mild (3–4); Moderate (5–8), Severe (9+), Urogenital domain; No, little (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2–3), Severe (4+)
^f n 65
^g Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) scoring
^{h First} figure n (%) First figure mean (SD) second figure median (25th and 75th percentile). International standards; 0–6 p no depression, 7–19 p, mild depression, 20–34 p moderate depression, > 34 p severe depression

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