Attitudes towards menopause among Iranian women : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Joint Authors
Sadeghi, Ramin
Bahri, Narjis
Roudsari, Rabab Latifnejad
Tohidinik, Hamid Rida
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 10 (31 Oct. 2016), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-10-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Context : Women’s attitudes towards menopause have an important impact on menopausal experiences, including the perceived severity of symptoms and women’s general lifestyles during menopause.
Therefore, such attitudes should be considered when developing management and counseling programs for women in menopausal transition.
This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to examine Iranian women’s attitudes towards menopause.
Evidence Acquisition: In this study, searches for English articles were conducted using PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases, and searches for Persian articles were conducted using Magiran, SID, and Google Scholar.
All articles published until April 30, 2015 were considered, using the keywords “Menopause,” “Attitude,” “Iran,” and “Iranian women.” Out of 1160 potentially relevant publications, 21 documents met the inclusion criteria.
Then, the quality of the studies was examined by two reviewers independently using additional pre-specified criteria.
Measures of the effects were pooled, and random effect meta-analysis was conducted using Stata software version 11.
Results: Out of the 21 selected documents, 11 studies were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis.
The results of the meta-analysis on 3453 participants showed that 25% of Iranian women had positive attitudes, 58% had neutral attitudes, and 17% had negative attitudes towards menopause.
Conclusions : The majority of Iranianwomenhad neutral attitudes towardsmenopause, whichmaybe evidence of poor knowledge about menopause.
Therefore, it is suggested that appropriate educational programs be developed and implemented by policymakers in order to increase knowledge and raise awareness among women about menopause
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bahri, Narjis& Roudsari, Rabab Latifnejad& Tohidinik, Hamid Rida& Sadeghi, Ramin. 2016. Attitudes towards menopause among Iranian women : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 10, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724410
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bahri, Narjis…[et al.]. Attitudes towards menopause among Iranian women : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 10 (Oct. 2016), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724410
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bahri, Narjis& Roudsari, Rabab Latifnejad& Tohidinik, Hamid Rida& Sadeghi, Ramin. Attitudes towards menopause among Iranian women : a systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 10, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-724410
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 11-12
Record ID
BIM-724410