[The status quo of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in Chengdu: report of a population-based cross-sectional study].

Objective: To investigate the situation of reproductive health of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in Chengdu and provide a basis for planning reproductive health care for these women.
Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in women who were over 45 years old in the central city and the nearby county of Chengdu.
Results: The mean age of menopause was 48.1 years. There were sixty percent of women who had dysfunctional uterine bleeding before menopause. About half of the postmenopausal women had experienced perimenopausal symptoms. There were 460 women who ever used or currently use estrogen therapy. But only half of them visited doctors and sought medical therapy. And the main problems were hot flash, night sweats, dyssomnia, and urinary infection. Most of them took medicine for a short period (< 1 year).
Conclusion: We found that middle-aged and older women have many symptoms related to menopause. It is necessary for us to provide reproductive health care for them.