Midlife or the period from 35-59 years of a women's life is a golden period of her life. Quality of life in this period has a far reaching impact on her future life, her younger and older generation's life and also on the society as a whole.
Here the ways & means and evidences that junk the concept of midlife crisis, and tell how the Quality of life can be improved.
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Midlife - Caring for the Golden Period
1. Quality of
Life in Midlife
Dr. Asha Jain
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2. Dr. Asha Jain
MD, DNB, MNAMS, MBA
asha@drasha.in
• Director – SMSA Raipur
• Medical Director – CPRS Raipur
• Elected Member – Chhattisgarh Medical
Council 2020-24
• Secretary – IMA Raipur 2019-21
• President – ROGS 2018-20 2020-22
• President – Rotary Club
Raipur North 2019-20
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3. What is
QOL -
WHO
WHO defines Quality of Life as an
individual's perception of their
position in life in the context of the
culture and value systems in which
they live and in relation to their goals,
expectations, standards and concerns
It is a broad ranging concept affected
in a complex way by the person's
physical health, psychological state,
personal beliefs, social relationships
and their relationship to salient
features of their environment.
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4. What is Health - WHO
Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
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11. Decreased PCS
• Time/Aging
• Higher baseline BMI
• Increase in BMI over time
• Smoking
• 2 or more medical conditions
• Sleep Problems
• Urinary Incontinence
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12. Increase in MCS
• Early and Late Menopause increase the MCS
• Premenopause has no effect
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13. Low MCS
Less than very
good health
Sleep problems
Stressful life
events
Higher
perceived stress
Anxiety trait
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15. Conclusion
of Study
Increase the quality of life
Potentially modifiable midlife factors
like
Improved
sleep hygiene
Physical
Activity
Body mass
index
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17. Changes independent
of Ovarian Aging
Endocrine
change
OR
Coincidental
Bone
loss
Osteoarthritis
Adverse
Lipid
Profiles
Diabetes
Metabolic
Syndrome
Sleep
Disturbances
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20. Midlife (35-60y) is a
critical window of
opportunity to prevent
Chronic Disease, and
Optimize health and
functioning
21. Symptoms
that are
Hallmark of
Menopause
• Vasomotor Symptoms or Hot flashes
• Additionally, other conditions peak or
are exacerbated at this time
• Fibroids à Hysterectomy
• Migraine
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Various precancers, and cancers
• TODO – Care for Gynecological and
Hormone Sensitive conditions
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22. Which period of
life is defined as
Midlife?
Usual studies take 60 years and above
Window of opportunity of primary
prevention is missed
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23. Redefining
Midlife
• Here it is redefined as 35 to
60 years
• This includes late
reproductive phase to late
menopause
• Includes the menopausal
transition up to a period
when ovarian senescence
has no longer any effect on
aging
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25. The hardest hit is mobility
In one study upto 39% reported
loss of mobility within 2 years
of menopause
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26. Additional Factors
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Diabetes
• Adverse Lipid Profiles
• Hearing Loss
• Diminished vision
• Osteoarthritis
• Body composition changes
• 66% had pain due to osteoarthiritis
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27. Osteoporosis leading to fractures
This chart shows bone mass in
women as it relates to age.
Reproduced from J Bernstein, ed:
Musculoskeletal Medicine.
Rosemont, IL, American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2003.
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28. Of all the boneloss that occurs
in a women in her entire life,
50% occurs in just 7 years.
2 years before and 5 years
after last menstrual period
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29. WHI Study
and heart
health
• Within 2 years of menopause, there is
• Increased LDL
• Increased Cholesterol
• Increased Apolipoprotein B
• Therefore increased aortic calcification
• Increased hot flashes have an increased CV
risk
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30. Depression
• 20% to 30% of midlife women have incidental or recurrent
episodes of clinical depression
• Causes
• Hormonal
• Sleep Disturbances
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31. Social Health
• Infertility
• Failed Contraception
• Empty Nest Syndrome
• Taking care of aging parents
• Career issues in working women
• Social Connect
• Failed Marriages
• Loss of partner
• Retirement Anxiety
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32. Conclusion
• Critical changes are occurring in midlife that need
• Change into a healthy lifestyle
• Behavioral Change
• Social Engagement
• Healthcare practices
• Focus needs to be on modifiable critical factors in midlife to
have healthy instead of unhealthy aging
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33. Future Research Requirement
• Research in our country
• Impact on midlife of
• Early childbirth
• Late childbirth
• Lifelong under nutrition
• Obesity
• Racial and ethnic differences
• Impact of environment
• Impact of occupation
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34. Age Gracefully
Be Beautiful, Be Alert
Be Active, Be Self Reliant
BE HAPPY!
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35. Thank you
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36. References and Acknowledgements
• J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci,2018, Vol. 73, No. 11, 1574–
1580doi:10.1093/gerona/gly062
• Harlow and DerbyWomen's Midlife Health (2015) 1:5 DOI
10.1186/s40695-015-0006-7
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