en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research Article <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Background:</span>&nbsp;Menopause is a natural physiological event in women&rsquo;s lives that can potentially have negative effects on their quality of life (QoL).</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Objectives:</span>&nbsp;The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which sociodemographic characteristics are related to QoL and to compare the QoL of Iranian women with that of women in other countries.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Methods:</span>&nbsp;This cross-sectional study was conducted using cluster sampling of 250 postmenopausal women in Hamadan in the west part of Iran in 2014. The participants were interviewed and completed questionnaires. These methods provided data on sociodemographic characteristics and menopause-specific QoL factors (vasomotor symptoms, psychosocial symptoms, physical symptoms, and sexual satisfaction). The QoL evidence was also compared with normative data from other countries. Inferential and descriptive statistics via SPSS 20.0 software were used for data analysis.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Results:</span>&nbsp;The mean age of the respondents was 52.27 years (SD = 3.84). The average scores of their vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual dimensions were 3.86, 2.30, 2.44, and 1.35, respectively. Sociodemographic dimensions, such as smaller age, being married, having a lower education level, and having a higher number of children, were related to sexual symptoms. Vasomotor symptoms were related to lower education and lower income. Psychosocial symptoms and physical symptoms were related to hormone replacement therapy. The QoL results did not differ from the normative data from other countries.</p> </aside> <aside style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Arial; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 11px;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; font-weight: 700;">Conclusions:</span>&nbsp;Sociodemographic dimensions were related to QoL, particularly to sexual satisfaction. The QoL results for postmenopausal Iranian women do not differ from results from other countries, suggesting that cultural factors do not influence QoL among postmenopausal Iranian women.</p> </aside> Postmenopause, Sociodemographic Status, Quality of Life 35 43 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-49&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Majid Barati 1003194753284600228 1003194753284600228 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Mohammad Ahmadpanah 1003194753284600229 1003194753284600229 No Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substances Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Samaneh Shirahmadi 1003194753284600230 1003194753284600230 No Department of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Saeed Bashirian 1003194753284600231 1003194753284600231 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Parisa Parsa 1003194753284600232 1003194753284600232 No Chronic Diseases Care Research Center and Department of Mother and Child Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran Edith Holsboer-Trachsler 1003194753284600233 1003194753284600233 No Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Serge Brand serge.brand@upkbs.ch 1003194753284600234 1003194753284600234 Yes Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Mohammad Haghighi 1003194753284600235 1003194753284600235 No Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substances Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran