Kwak Eun Kyung, Park Hyun Soon, Kang Nam Mi
Department of Outpatient Clinic, Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Doctor's Course in Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
J Menopausal Med. 2014 Dec;20(3):118-25. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2014.20.3.118. Epub 2014 Dec 24.
Midlife women's knowledge, positive attitudes and management toward menopause may improve the quality of peri and post-menopause life. This study was to identify correlations of the knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management toward menopause in middle-aged women.
We used a cross-sectional questionnaire study applying to 231 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged from 40 to 59 years old. The completed data of 189 perimenopausal and menopausal women were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA and pearson's correlation coefficient using the SPSS statistical programme.
The menopausal women showed significantly higher physical symptoms than perimenopausal women. The menopausal women showed significantly higher psychosomatic symptom than perimenopausal women. There was a significant correlation between the menopausal attitude and management.
This study suggests that the fundamental data of developing midlife women's symptom index (MSI) and providing menopause management could be a strategy to encourage successful menopausal transition in middle-aged women.
中年女性对更年期的认知、积极态度及应对方式可能会改善围绝经期和绝经后期的生活质量。本研究旨在确定中年女性对更年期的认知、态度、症状及应对方式之间的相关性。
我们采用横断面问卷调查研究,对象为231名年龄在40至59岁之间的围绝经期和绝经后女性。使用SPSS统计程序,通过t检验、方差分析和皮尔逊相关系数对189名围绝经期和绝经后女性的完整数据进行分析。
绝经后女性的身体症状显著高于围绝经期女性。绝经后女性的心身症状显著高于围绝经期女性。更年期态度与应对方式之间存在显著相关性。
本研究表明,开发中年女性症状指数(MSI)并提供更年期管理的基础数据可能是鼓励中年女性成功度过更年期的一种策略。