NAMS MENOPAUSE FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
●● What is climacteric?
Answer: Period of endocrinologic, somatic, and transitory psychologic
changes that occur during menopause. Also known as perimenopause
●● What is early menopause?
Answer: FMP before the age of 45
●● What is late menopause?
Answer: FMP occurs after age 54
●● According to STRAW+10, what is considered early postmenopause?
Answer: If within 8 years of FMP
●● According to STRAW+10, what is considered late postmenopause?
Answer: 8+ years after FMP
●● What is induced menopause?
, Answer: Cessation of menses that comes after either bilateral
oophorectomy or iatrogenic ablation of ovarian function
●● What is the most common cause of induced menopause?
Answer: Bilateral oophorectomy
●● How is menopause transition defined?
Answer: The time before FMP where cycles become variable OR have
menopause-related symptoms
●● What cycle variability defines early menopause transition?
Answer: 7 or more days persistent difference in cycle length from
previous normal cycles
●● What cycle variability defines late menopause transition?
Answer: 60 or more days of amenorrhea observed at least one time
●● What is the definition of natural menopause?
Answer: Permanent cessation of menses due to loss of ovarian follicular
activity. 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea.
●● How is perimenopause defined?
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
●● What is climacteric?
Answer: Period of endocrinologic, somatic, and transitory psychologic
changes that occur during menopause. Also known as perimenopause
●● What is early menopause?
Answer: FMP before the age of 45
●● What is late menopause?
Answer: FMP occurs after age 54
●● According to STRAW+10, what is considered early postmenopause?
Answer: If within 8 years of FMP
●● According to STRAW+10, what is considered late postmenopause?
Answer: 8+ years after FMP
●● What is induced menopause?
, Answer: Cessation of menses that comes after either bilateral
oophorectomy or iatrogenic ablation of ovarian function
●● What is the most common cause of induced menopause?
Answer: Bilateral oophorectomy
●● How is menopause transition defined?
Answer: The time before FMP where cycles become variable OR have
menopause-related symptoms
●● What cycle variability defines early menopause transition?
Answer: 7 or more days persistent difference in cycle length from
previous normal cycles
●● What cycle variability defines late menopause transition?
Answer: 60 or more days of amenorrhea observed at least one time
●● What is the definition of natural menopause?
Answer: Permanent cessation of menses due to loss of ovarian follicular
activity. 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea.
●● How is perimenopause defined?
