Relationship between vestibular dysfunction and quality of life in climacteric women.

Rafaella Silva Dos Santos,Saionara Maria Aires Da Câmara,Mayle Moreira De Andrade,Rafaela Andrade Do Nascimento,Karyna Myrelly Oliveira Bezerra De Figueiredo Ribeiro Ribeiro,Álvaro Campos Cavalcanti Maciel,Mariana Carmen Apolinário Vieira

doi:10.1590/1413-81232020252.00972018

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020252.00972018

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Abstract

The hormonal changes in climacteric women may affect the vestibular system; however, it is not clear in the literature whether the presence of vestibular dysfunction associated with climacteric is related to poorer quality of life. The study sample was composed of 374 women (40-65 years). Socioeconomic and demographic data, menopausal status, practice of physical exercises, presence or absence of vestibular dysfunction, hypertension and diabetes, anthropometric measurements and quality of life (using the Utian Quality of Life Scale - UQoL) were collected. Statistical analyses were performed using the Pearson test, Anova, T-test, and multiple regression considering a significance level of 5%. A significant relationship was found between vestibular dysfunction and health (p = 0.02) and emotional (p = 0.01) domains of the UQoL. In addition, physical activity, menopausal status, body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), household income and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) mean also remained significantly related to quality of life. A relationship between vestibular dysfunction and quality of life for health and emotional domains in climacteric women was observed.

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A woman’s life period is marked by a gradual cessation of ovarian function, which leads to a transition from pre- to postreproductive status; this is called climacteric[1]
Regarding to bivariate analysis between the quantitative variables and the quality of life, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure were correlated with occupational, health and total Utian Quality of Life Scale (UQoL) score domains, and mean diastolic pressure was correlated with the emotional domain
This study found a significant relationship between the presence of vestibular dysfunction and worse quality of life in the health and emotional domains of the UQoL

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Introduction

A woman’s life period is marked by a gradual cessation of ovarian function, which leads to a transition from pre- to postreproductive status; this is called climacteric[1]. During this period, women are classified into three phases: premenopause, perimenopause and postmenopause[2]. Hypertension and physical inactivity are important factors to be analyzed in climacteric women, considering that they aggravate the characteristic symptoms of this period and reduce the quality of life of these women[7]. Hypertension and body weight are associated with vestibular dysfunction, being important factors to be considered in studies on this subject[10,11,12,13,14]

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