title: A health survey of Beijing middle-aged registered nurses during menopause.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To collect health information of Beijing middle-aged registered nurses during menopause.
  
  
  METHODS
  We distributed self-administered questionnaires to 2100 registered nurses aged 40-55 from 20 hospitals in Beijing. The objects of interest were selected by cluster sampling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1686 questionnaires met the criteria and were used for statistical analysis. The average natural menopause age was 48.68 ± 3.61 years old. We determined that 37.83% of the objects had modified Kupperman Menopausal Index (KMI) scores ≥ 15. The top three menopause symptoms were fatigue (82.72%), irritability (70.24%), and arthralgia/myalgia (69.55%); hot flashes ranked eleventh (30.83%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A total of 37.83% Beijing middle-aged registered nurses had menopause syndrome, and the top three symptoms were fatigue, irritability, and arthralgia/myalgia.
authors.affiliation: Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Mengfang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peihao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Sainan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wenpei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jun-E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires