ABSTRACT

Introduction:- Menopause is important physiologic stage in every women’s life. The menopausal transition can mean changes in health and well-being with women reporting physical discomfort, sleeplessness, vasomotor symptoms, muscle and joint problems, depressive mood, physical and mental exhaustion. During this phase, increased severity of periodontal conditions and emotional imbalances has been observed. Hence this study investigates relationship between periodontal health and concomitant physical and emotional symptoms in postmenopausal women (PMW), with regularly menstruating premenopausal women (RMPW). Objectives:- To investigate the relationship between clinical periodontal health and physical, emotional symptoms extracted by Women’s Health Questionnaire (WHQ) scores, inpostmenopausal women (PMW), in comparison with regularly menstruating premenopausal women (RMPW). Methods:- This cross-sectional study was conducted among 120 women visiting OPD in K.D Dental College & Hospital, aged between 35-65 years, periodontal diagnosis was made according to the 2017 classification for periodontal and gingival diseases and emotional well- being was assessed with Women’s Health Questionnaire. Results: - Mean age of participation in RMPW group was 37.75±5.45 years and the mean of PMW group was 51.40±7.90 years. The mean of missing teeth in RMPW group was 0.77±1.23 and mean for PMW group was 2.23±2.11, 54(45%) subjects were healthy and 66(55%) had gingivitis. 48(72.7%) subjects has moderate periodontitis and 18(27.3%) had severe stage of periodontitis. Conclusion:- A relatively greater difference was found in periodontal severity, missing number of teeth, plaque index between perimenopausal and postmenopausal women although, the oral care habits were similar among both study groups. Depressive, somatic, anxiety/ fear and sleep problem symptoms during the menopausal transition were reported more among PMW group, unlike memory related symptom which was found to be experienced equally among study groups. Keywords: Menopause, Oral health, Periodontitis, Emotional well- being, Women
Publication date: 01/02/2024

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2024/13.2.7795