Pattern of clustering of menopausal problems: A study with a Bengali Hindu ethnic group.
We attempted to find out how menopausal problems cluster with each other. The study was conducted among a group of women belonging to a Bengali-speaking Hindu ethnic group of West Bengal, a state located in Eastern India. We recruited 1,400 participants for the study. Information on sociodemographic aspects and menopausal problems were collected from these participants with the help of a pretested questionnaire. Results of cluster analysis showed that vasomotor, vaginal, and urinary problems cluster together, separately from physical and psychosomatic problems.
a Department of Anthropology , University of Calcutta , Kolkata , West Bengal , India.
Doyel
D
Dasgupta
b Biological Anthropology Unit , Indian Statistical Institute , Kolkata , West Bengal , India.
Baidyanath
B
Pal
a Department of Anthropology , University of Calcutta , Kolkata , West Bengal , India.
Subha
S
Ray
D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018596:Hinduism / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008593:Menopause / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Bengali-speaking Hindu; Eastern India; cluster analysis; menopausal problems