Menopause-related psychological burdens may push women to leave jobs - News-Medical
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Turnover related to menopause has become a critical global socioeconomic challenge, affecting female career longevity and organizational productivity. A new study suggests that, although many employers have attempted to make special accommodations in the workplace, they fail to address a woman's increased psychological burdens related to the menopause transition. Results of the study will be presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society in San Diego, October 20-24, 2026.
In a new study coming out of Japan, researchers looked at more than 1,600 perimenopausal and postmenopausal working women aged 45 to 60 years. They identified 13 independent variables to control for potential confounding: age, marital status, annual income, exercising habits, psychiatric history, caregiving roles, the three distinct subscales of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS: psychological, somatic, and urogenital subscales), and treatment-necessity awareness.
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