• Saudi Med J · Apr 2022

    The relationship between sleep quality and menopausal symptoms among postmenopausal women in Saudi Arabia.

    • Enas M Abdelaziz, Nadia B Elsharkawy, and Sayeda M Mohamed.
    • From the Department of Nursing (Abdelaziz, Elsharkawy), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing (Elsharkawy), and from the Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (Abdelaziz, Mohamed), Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
    • Saudi Med J. 2022 Apr 1; 43 (4): 401407401-407.

    ObjectivesTo assess sleep quality and examine its relationship with menopausal symptoms among Saudi postmenopausal women.MethodsWe carried out a cross-sectional study of 410 postmenopausal women, aged 50-60 years, visiting Prince Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Maternity and Children Hospital, and primary health care clinics, Sakaka, Jouf, Saudi Arabia. The menopause rating scale (MRS) was used to assess menopause symptoms and severity, while the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality.ResultsThe participants' age was 53.04±4.15 years, their mean age at natural menopause was 49.14±3.07, and the meantime since their menopause was 6.50±3.84 years. The PSQI total mean score was 6.10±4.17, classified into good versus poor sleepers; 65.4% scored ≤5, and 34.6% scored >5. The Mann-Whitney analysis revealed that somatic and urogenital symptoms, and total MRS score were associated with poor sleep quality (p<0.001).ConclusionThe study findings revealed that more than one-third of Saudi postmenopausal women had poor sleep quality.Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal.

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