Department of Obstetric and Gynecologic Nursing, Istanbul University Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
Menopause. 2011 Dec;18(12):1309-16. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31821e2494.
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of women's personality traits and some sociodemographic variables on quality of life (QoL).
This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted among 320 Turkish women aged between 45 and 64 years who attended the Menopausal Polyclinic. Data were collected from the Turkish version of the Cervantes Personality Scale and the Turkish version of the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire.
The mean (SD) age of the participants was 51.8 (5.3) years. The average (SD) age since menopause was found to be 46 (3.3) years. The menopausal QoL was correlated with education status, income level, working status, exercise routine, chronic health problems, family's/friends' support, and negative life events. Logistic regression analyses showed that the QoL in vasomotor, psychological, and sexual domains were 6.1, 9.2, and 11.4 times, respectively, lower in neurotic women than in emotionally stable women. In addition, the QoL in sexual domains were 3.3 times lower in introverted women than in extraverted women.
These findings indicate that higher levels of introversion and higher levels of neuroticism lead to lower QoL among postmenopausal women. The results of this study support the hypothesis that personality would play an important role in women's QoL during the transition period of menopause.
本研究旨在探讨女性人格特质和一些社会人口学变量对生活质量（QoL）的影响。
这是一项横断面相关性研究，研究对象为 320 名年龄在 45 至 64 岁之间的土耳其女性，她们均就诊于更年期综合门诊。研究数据来自西班牙语版 Cervantes 人格量表和土耳其版更年期特定生活质量问卷。
参与者的平均（SD）年龄为 51.8（5.3）岁。平均（SD）绝经年龄为 46（3.3）岁。更年期生活质量与教育程度、收入水平、工作状况、运动习惯、慢性健康问题、家庭/朋友支持以及负面生活事件有关。逻辑回归分析表明，神经质女性在血管舒缩、心理和性领域的生活质量分别比情绪稳定女性低 6.1、9.2 和 11.4 倍。此外，内向女性在性领域的生活质量比外向女性低 3.3 倍。
这些发现表明，较高的内向性和较高的神经质水平会导致更年期后女性的生活质量下降。本研究结果支持人格在女性更年期过渡期间对生活质量起着重要作用的假设。
