Publications by authors named "Monica Del Prado"

Background: Climacteric symptoms have a direct relationship with biological and sociocultural factors and significantly impair the quality of life of women.

Aim: To assess quality of life and factors affecting it in women aged 40 to 59 years.

Material And Methods: The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was applied to 370 healthy women aged 49 +/- 6 years, that accompanied patients to public hospitals in Santiago.

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Background: Although several tools have been designed to assess quality of life (QoL) among middle-aged women their capacity to specifically assess sexual dysfunction (SD) remains uncertain. Moreover, if SD impairs QoL within this population, then sexual assessment becomes a key issue.

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) in diagnosing SD among climacteric women.

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