The experience of menopause is increasingly present, and demand strategies to improve the quality of life of @entity1 during this period. This research aimed to evaluate the quality of life for @entity1 in the climacteric phase, with or without the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This is a longitudinal epidemiological study of a sample of 99 @entity1 per group. It was evaluated the sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics. It was used the @entity1168 ( @entity1168 ) and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). For data analysis, it was used the Student t test, chi-square and Tukey. HRT users had an average age of 50.76    3.63 years, and nonusers of 48.95    6,27anos (p = 0.01). It was identified a higher frequency of moderate climacteric symptoms of mild intensity. The social aspects evidenced scores below 50 for the two groups. There were differences between groups with respect to the components of the SF-36 and @entity1168 to general health, functional capacity, lower capacity, @entity308 , @entity22 .

[Quality of life of postmenopausal XXXX attended at Primary Health Care].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity1168 :: ('MESH:D001919', 'Disease') :: ['MRS', 'Menopause Rating Scale'] @entity22 :: ('MESH:D007319', 'Disease') :: ['insomnia and vasomotor phenomena']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['women']
