Department of Women's Health Nursing and Midwifery, Course of Nursing Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
Menopause. 2020 Nov 23;28(2):175-181. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001698.
The presence of various menopausal symptoms could decrease work performance because symptom management strategies differ, and it is difficult to control all symptoms at work. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the number of menopausal symptoms experienced and work performance in working women.
An online cross-sectional study was conducted with 599 working Japanese women aged 45 to 65 years. To represent work performance, absolute presenteeism was measured using the Japanese version of the World Health Organization and Work Performance Questionnaire short form, and menopausal symptoms were measured using the Greene Climacteric Scale. The total number of subscales on which a participant scored more than one point represented the number of menopausal symptoms.
Participants' mean age was 54.2 years, and 60.6% were postmenopausal. Their mean Greene Climacteric Scale score and mean absolute presenteeism score were 10.5 ± 10.6 and 61.7 ± 17.9, respectively. The proportions of participants who provided care for a family member, who had chronic disease, and who undertook regular exercise were significantly different among the four groups. After adjusting for other factors, absolute presenteeism was negatively correlated with the number of menopausal symptoms experienced (β = -0.13, P < 0.001).
Higher numbers of menopausal symptoms were correlated with lower work performance. The maintenance of health and the provision of appropriate working environments would help working women and improve work performance by reducing menopausal symptoms.
各种更年期症状的存在可能会降低工作表现，因为症状管理策略不同，而且很难在工作中控制所有症状。本研究旨在探讨经历的更年期症状数量与工作女性工作表现之间的关系。
采用在线横断面研究，对 599 名年龄在 45 至 65 岁之间的日本在职女性进行研究。为了代表工作表现，使用世界卫生组织和工作表现问卷短表的日本版测量绝对出勤，使用格林绝经量表测量更年期症状。参与者得分超过 1 分的子量表总数代表更年期症状的数量。
参与者的平均年龄为 54.2 岁，60.6%处于绝经后状态。他们的平均格林绝经量表评分和平均绝对出勤评分分别为 10.5±10.6 和 61.7±17.9。在四个组中，提供家庭成员护理、患有慢性病和定期锻炼的参与者比例存在显著差异。在调整其他因素后，绝对出勤与经历的更年期症状数量呈负相关（β=-0.13，P<0.001）。
更年期症状越多，工作表现越差。保持健康和提供适当的工作环境将有助于工作女性，并通过减少更年期症状来提高工作表现。
