Villarruel Antonia M, Harlow Sioban D, Lopez Maria, Sowers MaryFran
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
Res Theory Nurs Pract. 2002 Summer;16(2):91-102. doi: 10.1891/rtnp.16.2.91.53002.
The experience of menopause among Latina women has seldom been described. The purpose of this study was to conceptualize and contextualize the experience of menopause from the perspective of Latina women. A series of focus group sessions were conducted with postmenopausal Latina women living in a large midwestern city. Themes derived from content analysis included: (a) The primacy of health and the importance of harmony and balance; (b) El cambio de vida--something you have to go through; and (c) This time is for me: reorientation and restructuring. Rediscovery and redefinition as opposed to being defined by physical symptoms marked this life phase. Implications of study findings are discussed within the context of an emerging biopsychosocial perspective of midlife and menopause transition.
很少有人描述过拉丁裔女性的更年期经历。本研究的目的是从拉丁裔女性的角度对更年期经历进行概念化和情境化。对居住在中西部一个大城市的绝经后拉丁裔女性进行了一系列焦点小组访谈。内容分析得出的主题包括：（a）健康至上以及和谐与平衡的重要性；（b）生活的变化——你必须经历的事情；（c）这段时间是为了我自己：重新定位和重塑。与由身体症状定义不同，这个生命阶段的标志是重新发现和重新定义。研究结果的意义在新兴的中年和更年期过渡的生物心理社会视角背景下进行了讨论。
