Características gineco-obstétricas de las mujeres con menopausia y su relación con la menarquia temprana en el Centro de Salud Nº 1, Cuenca-2017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: the relationship between early menarche and menopause has not been investigated in depth, due to the lack of information provided by menopausal patients; for this reason the following research work establishes the gynecological-obstetric characteristics that allow to relate early menarche with early menopause. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: to describe the gynecological-obstetric characteristics of women with menopause and its relation to early menarche in the Health Center Nº1 of the city of Cuenca in the year 2017. METHODS AND MATERIALS: a descriptive and transversal research was carried out. The sample consisted of 220 women with menopause who attended the Health Center Nº1 in the period from June 1 to August 31, 2017. The information was collected with an appropriate form for the effect, which includes the studied variables. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS V.15 program, used to elaborated tables, analyze variables, with statistical measures for qualitative and arithmetic mean, standard deviation of Person`s index , measures of central tendency and Chi square for the quantitative ones. RESULTS: the age of menopausal patients in this study was between 39 and 90 years (mean 59.7± 9.9 years). Menarche presented between 8 and 19 years (mean of 13.3 ± 1.5 years), being early (before 12 years), in 10%. Menopause was present between 37 and 65 years, with an average of 46.8 ± 4.6 years, being precocious (before the age of 45 years) in 30%of the cases. As for the relationship between early menarche and early menopause, there was no significant relationship in our study