Higher numbers of menopausal symptoms tied to lower work performance in women: Study

For the purpose, the researchers performed an online cross-sectional study involving 599 working Japanese women aged 45 to 65 years. To represent work performance absolute presenteeism was measured using the Japanese version of the World Health Organization and Work Performance Questionnaire short form, and menopausal symptoms were measured using the Greene Climacteric Scale.

The total number of subscales on which a participant scored more than one point represented the number of menopausal symptoms. 

"Higher numbers of menopausal symptoms were correlated with lower work performance, wrote the authors.

"The maintenance of health and the provision of appropriate working environments would help working women and improve work performance by reducing menopausal symptoms," they concluded. 

The study titled, "Relationship between number of menopausal symptoms and work performance in Japanese working women," is published in the journal Menopause.

DOI: https://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/Abstract/2021/02000/Relationship_between_number_of_menopausal_symptoms.11.aspx