Evaluation of a workplace educational intervention on menopause: A quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a workplace educational intervention on menopause on self-efficacy regarding working during the climacteric.

Methods: Quasi-experimental design, with one intervention and one control group. Women aged 40 to 67, working in one of the two participating departments of a large municipality in the Netherlands, were recruited to participate in the study.

Global consensus recommendations on menopause in the workplace: A European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) position statement.

Introduction: Worldwide, there are 657 million women aged 45-59 and around half contribute to the labor force during their menopausal years. There is a diversity of experience of menopause in the workplace. It is shaped not only by menopausal symptoms and context but also by the workplace environment.

Attitude, confidence and social norm of Dutch occupational physicians regarding menopause in a work context.

Objective: To explore the attitudes, confidence and social norm of Dutch occupational physicians (OPs) regarding menopause in a work context.

Study Design: A nationwide cross-sectional exploratory design. An invitation to participate in an online survey was sent to all OPs registered at the Dutch occupational physicians' society (n = 1663).

Improvement of menopausal symptoms and the impact on work ability: A retrospective cohort pilot study.

Objective: In this study we aimed to pilot test the hypothesis that in women who are severely bothered by their menopausal complaints, improvement of menopausal symptoms is associated with an improvement in self-perceived work ability.

Study Design: This retrospective cohort study assessed the work ability of first-time attendees (n = 31) of a menopause clinic at baseline (T0) and 3-9 months follow-up (T1). All patients received care as usual according to local protocol, no interventions were applied by the researchers.

The impact of menopause on work ability in women with severe menopausal symptoms.

Objective: To measure the impact of menopause on work ability in women with severe menopausal symptoms.

Study Design: This cross-sectional study compared the work ability of a sample of otherwise healthy employed Dutch women (n=205) with that of a sample of first-time attendees of a menopause clinic (n=60); both groups were aged 44-60 years. Self-reported questionnaire data assessing work ability (Work Ability Index; WAI) and menopausal symptoms (Greene Climacteric Scale; GCS) were used.

The impact of menopausal symptoms on work ability.

Objective: Menopause is an important life event that may have a negative influence on quality of life. Work ability, a concept widely used in occupational health, can predict both future impairment and duration of sickness absence. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of menopausal symptoms on work ability.