Mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory factoranalysis
سال انتشار: 1403
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 110
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WMCONF13_041
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چکیده مقاله:
Climacteric changes in women are associated with increased psychological symptoms. Identifying the relationshipbetween adjustment to this period and mental health helps to plan for middle-aged women’s health improvement.Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between climacteric adjustment (CA) and mentalhealth in middle aged women. This cross-sectional study was conducted on ۱۹۰ women aged ۴۰ to ۵۳ years. Mentalhealth symptoms (including hypochondriasis, anxiety, depression, and social impairment) and CA were assessed using۲۸-item general health questionnaire and the CA questionnaire, respectively, as a self-report. The results showed thathypochondriasis score and social impairment, anxiety level and CA in the perfection dimension, and social impairmentscore and CA in perfection, decline in beauty, and sexual silence dimensions had an inverse relationship. Moreover,the relationship between anxiety score and CA in the reaction to end of menstruation and the relationship betweensocial impairment and decline of femininity were positive and significant. The results showed a relationship betweenCA and psychological symptoms in middle-aged. In other words, the level of hypochondriasis, anxiety, and socialimpairment symptoms decreased with increasing CA in sexual silence, perfection, and decline in beauty
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Maedeh Khakkar
Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Ashraf Khazemi
Reproductive Health Departments, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran