title: Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women in Iran: A Population-based Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Menopause can have psychological, physical, and vasomotor symptoms along with sexual dysfunction and these symptoms can affect the quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this research was to determine and association the effective factors on QOL among postmenopausal Iranian women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 on 300 postmenopausal women in Hamadan, Iran. We used the Menopause-Specific QOL questionnaire (MENQOL) for measuring QOL in postmenopausal women. SPSS version 16 was used for data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean scores of QOL for vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual domains were 11.65 ± 5.93, 19.36 ± 1.20, 39.12 ± 1.95 and 11.02 ± 5.66, respectively. Higher scores had worse QOL. Using MENQOL scores, our study showed significant differences in QOL based on age, education level, financial status, number of children, employment, and body mass index (BMI).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Menopause causes a decrease in QOL, which is dependent to age, work, BMI, financial status and number of children variables. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective intervention programs to improve QOL in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shobeiri
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Care Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ensiyeh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jenabi
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hazavehei
authors.affiliation: Modeling Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ghodratollah
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roshanaei
keywords: Cross-sectional studies; Iran; Menopause; Quality of life