绝经症状与感知压力、对绝经和衰老的态度的关系。
The effects of perceived stress and attitudes toward menopause and aging on symptoms of menopause.
出版信息
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2010 Jul-Aug;55(4):328-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.09.005.
INTRODUCTION
As part of a longitudinal study of midlife women, the aim of this investigation was to describe the intensity of menopausal symptoms in relation to the level of perceived stress in a woman's life and her attitudes toward menopause and aging.
METHODS
Data were collected on 347 women between 40 and 50 years of age in Northern California who began the study while premenopausal. Women self-identified as African American, European American, or Mexican/Central American. Data collected over three time points in the first 12 months were used for this analysis. An investigator-developed tool for the perception of specific types of stress was used. Attitudes toward menopause and aging were measured using the Attitudes Toward Menopause and Attitude Toward Aging scales. Attitudes toward aging and menopause, perceived stress, and income were related to intensity of symptoms.
RESULTS
There was no ethnic group difference in perceived stress or attitude toward menopause. However, European and African Americans had a more positive attitude toward aging than Mexican/Central Americans.
DISCUSSION
A lower income, higher perceived stress, a more negative attitude toward aging, and a more positive attitude toward menopause influenced menopausal symptom experience.
简介
作为中年女性纵向研究的一部分，本研究旨在描述与女性生活中感知到的压力水平以及对更年期和衰老的态度相关的更年期症状的严重程度。
方法
本研究收集了加利福尼亚州北部 347 名年龄在 40 至 50 岁之间的女性的数据，这些女性在进入研究前处于绝经前期。这些女性自我认定为非裔美国人、欧裔美国人或墨西哥/中美洲裔美国人。本分析使用了在最初 12 个月的三个时间点收集的数据。使用一种研究者开发的用于感知特定类型压力的工具来测量感知到的压力。使用绝经态度量表和衰老态度量表来衡量对绝经和衰老的态度。对衰老和绝经的态度、感知到的压力和收入与症状严重程度有关。
结果
在感知到的压力或对绝经的态度方面，不同种族群体之间没有差异。然而，与墨西哥/中美洲裔美国人相比，欧裔美国人和非裔美国人对衰老的态度更为积极。
讨论
较低的收入、较高的感知压力、对衰老的较负面态度以及对绝经的较积极态度会影响更年期症状的体验。
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