Menopausal Transition Symptoms in Midlife Women Living With Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15218667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | JoEllen Wilbur (0000-0001-7941-8837, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author), Joan Shaver (University of Illinois Chicago), Joseph Kogan (University of Illinois Chicago), Mary Buntin (University of Illinois Chicago), Edward S T Wang (0000-0003-1302-9745, University of Illinois Chicago), Edward Wang (0000-0003-0810-7761) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 600-614 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399330600803741 |
| PMID | 16844673 |
| OpenAlex | W2003787396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
We aimed to determine how menopausal transition symptoms cluster across 216 midlife women with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndromes (FMS/CFS), or both and subsequently to compare symptom factor severity scores by menopausal status among these women and compare symptom reporting with prior community-based samples of women without obvious illness. We designed a cross-sectional telephone survey of 216 women aged 35 to 55, diagnosed with FMS/CFS, symptomatic in the prior 6 months, and without hysterectomy. Thirty-six of 61 symptoms loaded on five factors: aroused/anxious mood, depressed mood/withdrawal, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal (GI), and vasomotor. Peri- and postmenopausal women had higher symptom severity scores for musculoskeletal, GI, and vasomotor factors but not mood factors. Symptoms for the women we studied who had FMS/CFS clustered similar to those in previous community-based samples of midlife women without major illness; however, the number of women experiencing symptoms was much higher among our sample
Anxiety · Cross-sectional study · Depressed mood · Depressive symptoms · Fibromyalgia · Fibromyalgia syndrome · Menopause · Mood · Physical therapy · Postmenopausal women · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Vasomotor · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Internal Medicine
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |