97% of ladies in Denmark expertise signs throughout menopause

Menopause is a major public well being problem for almost all of ladies in Denmark, in response to new analysis from the College of Copenhagen. For the primary time, researchers have performed a nationwide survey on girls’s well being and experiences of menopause. The researchers are stunned by the outcomes, which spotlight the necessity for extra information on this space.

97% of ladies in Denmark expertise signs throughout menopause. 83% report at the very least one symptom of average to extreme depth, and multiple in 4 girls (28%) report six or extra signs.

That is proven by the biggest nationwide survey on menopause in Denmark, performed as a part of the analysis mission Ladies in Wholesome Transition (KISO) on the College of Copenhagen.

“It is an astonishing proportion of ladies in Denmark who’re considerably affected throughout menopause—and we do not know sufficient to assist them,” says Affiliate Professor Maria Hybholt from the Division of Public Well being, who performed the examine along with Ph.D. scholar Sigrid Normann Biener and Affiliate Professor Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen.

“These are very giant and shocking numbers. Our information of menopause has lengthy been inadequate as a result of the subject has flown underneath the radar in each analysis and well being care. That may now not be the case with these figures,” says Hybholt.

Complete survey of ladies’s well being

A complete of 153,800 girls in Denmark aged 45 to 59 responded to an intensive questionnaire about their menstrual cycle, menopausal signs, health-related way of life, and different components.

This makes the survey the primary of its sort nationally and the one one internationally on this scale, offering a stable basis for understanding girls’s well being and signs throughout menopause.

“Menopause will not be a illness, however our examine strongly emphasizes that it’s a vital public well being problem for ladies in Denmark, and we should take it severely,” says Hybholt.

Extra information in regards to the levels of menopause

Hybholt needs Danish girls to change into acquainted with the levels and signs of menopause.

“Menopause begins within the years main as much as the ultimate menstrual interval, and this section known as perimenopause. It’s typically missed as a result of girls are nonetheless menstruating. However this section is characterised by vital bodily adjustments and marked signs,” she explains.

Though the common age of the ultimate menstrual interval is 52 years, the survey exhibits that 41% of ladies report being in perimenopause at age 45.

“The outcomes spotlight the completely different levels of menopause and that it would not solely happen within the late 40s or early 50s—for a lot of, it begins earlier,” says Hybholt.

The information additionally present that signs enhance in quantity and depth throughout menopause and peak roughly 1–2 years after the ultimate menstrual interval.

The examine is printed within the European Journal of Epidemiology.

KISO is anchored on the College of Copenhagen’s Division of Public Well being and Division of Diet, Train and Sports activities.