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The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of menopausal symptoms on the perception of the burden of diabetes in middle-aged female patients with type 2 diabetes. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted of 107 patients with a mean age of 58.0 years; the questionnaire contained questions derived from the Nutritional Intake Questionnaire of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Problem Areas In Diabetes Survey (PAID) and Kupperman Kohnenki Shohgai Index (KKSI), which is otherwise known as the modified Kupperman Menopausal Index. The results revealed a weak positive correlation between menopausal symptoms and the patients' perception of the burden of diabetes. In particular, depression as a menopausal symptom was found to be relatively strongly positively correlated with patients' perception of the burden of diabetes. Comparison among three groups of patients, namely, the pre-menopausal, menopausal and post-menopausal groups, revealed significant differences among the three groups in the severity of the menopausal symptoms and the patients' perception of the burden of diabetes; both were significantly higher in the menopausal group than in the post-menopausal group. In addition, there were weak positive correlations between the patients' perception of the burden of diabetes. These results suggest that a higher severity of menopausal symptoms and higher plasma HbA1c levels may enhance the perception of the burden of diabetes in female patients with type 2 diabetes.

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Other Link： http://hdl.handle.net/10191/49813

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Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

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Language：Japanese   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

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Other Link： http://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2015188712

Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper, summary (international conference)  

DOI： 10.4172/2167-1168.C1.032

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