Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nij Smellinge Hospital, Drachten, The Netherlands.
Menopause. 2012 Mar;19(3):278-82. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31822ddc97.
Menopause is an important life event that may have a negative influence on quality of life. Work ability, a concept widely used in occupational health, can predict both future impairment and duration of sickness absence. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of menopausal symptoms on work ability.
This was a cross-sectional study that used a sample of healthy working Dutch women aged 44 to 60 years. Work ability was measured using the Work Ability Index, and menopausal symptoms were measured using the Greene Climacteric Scale. Stepwise multiple linear regression models were used to examine the relationship between menopausal symptoms and work ability.
A total of 208 women were included in this study. There was a significant negative correlation between total Greene Climacteric Scale score and Work Ability Index score. Total Greene Climacteric Scale score predicted 33.8% of the total variance in the Work Ability Index score. Only the psychological and somatic subscales of the Greene Climacteric Scale were significant predictors in multiple linear regression analysis. Together, they accounted for 36.5% of total variance in Work Ability Index score.
Menopausal symptoms are negatively associated with work ability and may increase the risk of sickness absence.
更年期是一个重要的生活事件，可能对生活质量产生负面影响。工作能力是职业健康中广泛使用的一个概念，它可以预测未来的损伤和病假的持续时间。本研究旨在探讨更年期症状对工作能力的影响。
这是一项横断面研究，使用了年龄在 44 至 60 岁之间的健康荷兰工作女性的样本。工作能力使用工作能力指数进行测量，更年期症状使用格林绝经量表进行测量。采用逐步多元线性回归模型来检验更年期症状与工作能力之间的关系。
共有 208 名女性纳入本研究。总的格林绝经量表评分与工作能力指数评分呈显著负相关。总的格林绝经量表评分预测了工作能力指数评分总方差的 33.8%。只有格林绝经量表的心理和躯体分量表在多元线性回归分析中是显著的预测因子。它们共同解释了工作能力指数评分总方差的 36.5%。
更年期症状与工作能力呈负相关，可能增加病假的风险。
