Musculoskeletal Pain during the Menopausal Transition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of demographic characteristics of the included studies.

Source	Outcomes	Geographic location	No. of sample	Age	Distinguishing menopausal status			Measurement scales
					Pre-	Peri-	Post-
Punyahotra et al. [40], 1997	Back pain	Thai	248	40-59	127	22	99	Questionnaire
Poomalar and Arounassalame [41], 2013	Muscle and joint pain	Puducherry	500	40-65	NA	135	365	MENQOL
S. A. R. Syed Alwi et al. [42], 2009	Muscles and joints pain	Malaysia	276	47.3–58.2	60	114	102	MENQOL
Blümel et al. [11], 2012	Muscle and joint discomfort	Latin	3373	49.1	1132	1648	1821	MRS
OlaOlorun and Lawoyin [43], 2009	Joint and muscular discomfort	American	1189	40-60	401	68	256	MRS
Sussman et al. [44], 2017	Muscle/joint pain	Nigeria	985	50.85	344	213	497	Questionnaire
Yim et al. [45], 2015	Aching in muscles and joints	Korean	1774	44-56	756	650	368	MENQOL
Ibrahim et al. [29], 2015	Joint and muscular discomfort	Egypt	1214	40-70	503	215	496	MRS
Chou et al. [46], 2014	Joint and muscular discomfort; Joint pain	Macau, China	442	40-60	167	124	151	MRS
Islam et al. [47], 2016	Joint and muscular discomfort	USA	1586	30-59	944	133	513	MENQOL
Waidyasekera et al. [48], 2009	Joint and muscular discomfort	USA	683	45-60	144	132	405	MRS
Rahman et al. [49], 2011	Soreness in joints, neck, or shoulder	Bangladesh	509	40-70	122	216	171	MRS
Dugan et al. [14], 2006	Bone and joint discomfort	USA	2218	42-52	307	1642	269	Questionnaire
Khanal [50], 2012	Muscle and joint pain	Nepal	500	45-60	NA	236	264	MRS
Ruan et al. [51], 2016	Muscle and joint discomfort	China	1225	34-76	NA	868	357	Questionnaire
Rathnayake et al., [52], 2019	Muscle and joint pain	Sri Lanka.	350	30-60	184	NA	166	MRS
Thakur et al. [53], 2019	Aches and stiff joints	India	351	35-55	118	117	116	Questionnaire
Szoeke et al. [9], 2008	Muscle and joint discomfort	Australia	438	45-55	NA	NA	NA	Questionnaire
Freeman et al. [15], 2007	Aches, joint pain	USA	404	35-47	368	36	NA	Questionnaire