The Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM) and the Spanish Foundation for the Study of Menopause (FAITH IN) carried out a survey with 1,750 women throughout the national territory at the time of the World Menopause Day, which is celebrated today, October 18th.
The results show that 61.3% of women between 40 and 70 years old have had their last period for a year or more and 8.3% are perimenopause, that is, they have an irregular menstrual cycle and, although they have menstruated for less than a year, they have symptoms of menopause or characteristic menstrual disorders.
Thus, more than half of the women surveyed with menopause (51.7%) indicate that they have joint pain and dryness vulvar or vaginal. The third most common symptom is noticing that the skin is drier (45.5%). fourth is the lack of sexual desire (43.8%) and in fifth, the heat waves (40.9%) which, in addition, is the most intense symptom during the first years of menopause.
61.3% of women between 40 and 70 years ago had their last period a year or more ago and 8.3% are in perimenopause, that is, they have an irregular menstrual cycle
Among perimenopausal women, hot flashes are the most frequent symptom (66.4%), in second place is the insomnia, which affects 58.2% of these women and in third place, joint pain and night sweat (54.8%).
Despite these data, only 16.7% of women with menopause receive any treatment: 4% resort to menopause hormone therapy, 5.2% for natural compounds and 5.3% for non-hormonal treatments.
O Cancer It is the side effect that concerns the most in the case of the use of hormonal treatments (68.8%), followed by the possibility of its occurrence thrombi and circulatory problems (21.9%).
In the case of perimenopausal women, 19.7% also undergo some treatment for symptom relief. Specifically, 12.4% use natural compounds, 2.9% non-hormonal treatments and 2% hormonal therapies.
couple and sexual relations
67.2% of women claim to have maintained sexual activity (intercourse or masturbation) despite menopause. This number rises to 81.5% in the case of perimenopausal women.
85.5% of women between 40 and 49 years have sex with the same regularity. This number drops to 58.6% in women over 60 years old
Age is the variable that most influences sexual activity. 85.5% of women between 40 and 49 years old keep it with the same regularity. This number drops to 74.1% in people between 50 and 59 years old and to 58.6% in women over 60 years old.
94% of women with menopause and perimenopause have heterosexual intercourse and only 3.5% are due to self-stimulation.
Healthy habits
Among women with menopause, 34.5% of those surveyed are in a situation of overweight and 17.4% recognize that they have obesity. In the case of perimenopausal women, these data dropped slightly to 30.8% for overweight and 15.8% for obesity.
77% of women with menopause do exercise regularly (walking for three hours a week, dancing, doing Pilates for two hours or jogging for an hour) compared with 70.5% of perimenopausal women.
In relation to tobacco, 77.2% of menopausal women do not smoke and in perimenopausal women this number reaches 67.2%.
Source: AEEM
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