Lifestyle of Women Attending the Menopause Clinic - วิถีชีวิตของสตรีที่มารับบริการในคลีนิควัยทอง

Abstract

            The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the lifestyle and associated factors of climacteric women attending the menopause clinic of Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand and requested to participate in this study. The sociodemographic data, menopausal status, and body mass index were recorded. Their health-related lifestyles; alcohol, coffee, and milk consumptions, cigarette smoking, and regular exercise were studied. The results showed that a total of 1,196 climacteric women responded to a self-administered questionnaire voluntarily. The proportions of women that consumed alcohol were 16.1 percent, coffee 50.0 percent, and milk 63.1 percent. Regular exercise was practiced in 62.8 percent of them. Signifcant associations were found between milk consumption and educational level; alcohol /coffee consumption and menopausal status. Women from higher educational level consumed milk more than women from lower educational level. Postmenopausal women significantly consumed alcohol and coffee more than premenopausal ones.

          In conclusion, more than half of women attending the menopause clinic consumed milk and exercised regularly. Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were not widely reported. Educational level and menopausal status were associated with differences of health-related lifestyle.

Key words: lifestyle, women, menopause clinic