title: Symptom reporting around the menopause in Beirut, Lebanon.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the extent to which women in Beirut suffer from symptoms in the course of the menopause transition, and to measure the medical management of menopause.
  
  
  METHODS
  a survey was carried out on a representative sample of 298 women; the questionnaire collected information on respondents' sociodemographic characteristics, life circumstances, general health, and reproductive health; it also included a symptom checklist, questions on the management of menopausal symptoms, and lifestyle questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the article documents the frequencies of various symptoms associated with aging and menopause; the number of symptoms reported by respondents is negatively associated with employment, but other associations with sociodemographic variables are not significant; smoking is found to be high in the study population and is associated with the occurrence of hot flashes, but its association with other menopausal symptoms is not significant; over a third of the women seek help in dealing with the symptoms they experience, 15% use hormone replacement therapy, and 20% use calcium supplements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Population and International Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Obermeyer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghorayeb
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires