Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Redmond Barry Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Redmond Barry Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia; North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre, Healthscope Hospitals, 134 Ford Street, Ivanhoe, VIC, 3079, Australia; Latrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Maturitas. 2021 Feb;144:81-86. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.11.001. Epub 2020 Dec 2.
An association between hot flushes and night sweats (HFNS) and psychopathology, including depression, is well established for some women. However, the relationship between HFNS and anxiety needs further exploration. Self-compassion may be a psychosocial factor which influences the experience of HFNS and anxiety for midlife women. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which HFNS are associated with anxiety and examine the additional importance of self-compassion.
A cross-sectional design using questionnaire data from 109 women aged 45-66 years was employed and multiple hierarchical regression was used to explore relationships between HFNS, anxiety and self-compassion.
The results indicated that interference of HFNS in everyday life (β =.31), but not frequency of HFNS, predicted anxiety. However, once self-compassion was included in the model it was the only predictor of anxiety (β=-.46) and this relationship was significant for the items positive self-compassion (β=-0.37) and negatively worded self-coldness (β=.43).
Interference of HFNS in everyday life may predict increased anxiety during menopause for some women. However, self-compassion may have a stronger relationship with anxiety than menopausal symptoms.
热潮和盗汗（HFNS）与某些女性的精神病理学，包括抑郁之间存在关联，这已得到充分证实。然而，HFNS 与焦虑之间的关系需要进一步探讨。自我同情可能是影响中年女性 HFNS 和焦虑体验的社会心理因素。本研究旨在探讨 HFNS 与焦虑之间的关联程度，并研究自我同情的额外重要性。
采用横断面设计，使用 109 名 45-66 岁女性的问卷调查数据，采用多元分层回归分析探讨 HFNS、焦虑和自我同情之间的关系。
结果表明，HFNS 对日常生活的干扰（β=.31），而不是 HFNS 的频率，预测了焦虑。然而，一旦将自我同情纳入模型，它就是焦虑的唯一预测因子（β=-.46），并且这种关系对于积极自我同情（β=-0.37）和消极自我冷漠（β=.43）这两个项目具有统计学意义。
HFNS 对日常生活的干扰可能会预测一些女性在更年期时焦虑增加。然而，自我同情与焦虑的关系可能比更年期症状更强。
