Impact of Menstrual Status on Musculoskeletal Pain
10.3969/j.issn.1674-9081.2016.04.001
- VernacularTitle:月经状况对社区妇女肌肉骨骼疼痛的影响
- Author:
Hong-Lian GAO
1
;
Shou-Qing LIN
;
Ying CHEN
;
Yang WEI
;
Zheng-Lai WU
;
Ya-Ping WANG
;
Rong CHEN
Author Information
1. 滨州医学院附属医院临床医学实验中心
- Keywords:
menopause;
climacteric symptom;
musculoskeletal pain
- From:
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
2016;7(4):241-245
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the impact of menstrual status on musculoskeletal pain in healthy women.Methods A total of 697 generally healthy women aged 35 to 64 years were recruited from a communi-ty in Beijing.Data were collected by face-to-face interview with a questionnaire including social and demo-graphic features, menstrual status, frequency of musculoskeletal pain ( rarely, occasionally, or frequently ) during the last two weeks at neck, lower back, knee, and other parts of the body.Frequent pain was consid-ered severe and its potential relevant factors were analyzed .Results In all the subjects, 33.4%complained of frequent lower back pain, 31.0% frequent knee pain, 29.7% frequent neck pain, and 25.6% pain at other parts.The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was higher in postmenopausal women than in premenopa-usal women ( P<0.01 ); early postmenopausal women had most frequent musculoskeletal pain , while the frequency declined in late postmenopausal period.The prevalence of neck pain and lower back pain in-creased during the menopausal transition period and was not associated with age .The prevalence of knee pain increased with body mass index ( BMI) and age ( OR=1.085 , 1.050 ) .Overweight and obesity were risk factors for knee pain in women .Logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratio of knee pain in-creased in obese women ( BMI≥28 kg/m2 ) compared with women with normal BMI ( <24 kg/m2 ) ( OR=2.256 ) .Conclusions Menopause may be an important factor for musculoskeletal pain in women , the associa-tion of musculoskeletal pain with age and BMI also should be considered .
