Resumen

LUGONES BOTELL, Miguel; VALDES DOMINGUEZ, Saylí  y  PEREZ PINERO, Julia. Characterization of the woman in the climateric stage (I). Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2001, vol.27, n.1, pp. 16-21. ISSN 1561-3062.

A descriptive study of the whole female population aged 40-59 years cared for by the doctor´s office # 16 of "Jorge Ruíz Ramírez" polyclinics was carried out, taking the family medical history classification record of the doctor´s office as a basis. They were given a questionnaire to find out some aspects of the climateric and menopause process such as age at menopause and its possible relation with age at menarche, number of children, smoking, educational level, occupation and marital status of the patients. Chi-square, Fisher´s test and Z test were used as statistical methods to compare ratios. It is concluded that average age at which menopause appeared in these patients was 47,7 years and it was not associated with menarche, number of children or smoking. The majority of them were workers with middle educational level and the highest percentage showed a fixed mate.

Palabras clave : CLIMATERIC [psychology]; MENOPAUSE [psychology]; FAMILY PRACTICE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL.

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