Abstract
Objective: To evaluate climacteric symptoms and associated factors. Methods: It is about descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted in Pirapora, Minas Gerais, with 324 women, aged 40 to 65 years. A socioeconomic and clinical questionnaire, the Cervantes scale, the Female Sexual Function Index - FSFI and the Blatt-Kupperman IMBK Menopausal Index, were used. Data were tabulated in SPSS 19.0 (Statistical Package Social Science). Results: The average age was 51.73 years old, brown majority (72.0%), married (49.8%), with per capita income of up to 999.00 real (62.4%) and incomplete high school / complete (40%). The risk percentage for sexual dysfunction was 67.6%. Climacteric symptoms were mild in 69.4%, and moderate in 30.6%, and women with moderate symptoms had a worse quality of life score than those with mild symptoms. The evaluated population had a good general health status, with a mean score of 63.32. Conclusion: It was observed that the climacteric syndrome negatively affects the lives of women, because the greater the impact of climacteric symptoms, the lower the quality of life in the women interviewed.