台北地區中年婦女與醫護人員對更年期態度之比較

A Comparison of Menopausal attitudes between Midlife Women and Health professionals in Taipei

盧孳艷(Zxy-Yann Jane Lu) ； 嚴毋過(Wu-Kuo Yen)

《慈濟醫學雜誌》 12卷4期 (2000/12) Pp. 267-275

https://doi.org/10.6440/TZUCMJ.200012.0267

摘要

Objective: To explore the attitudes of midlife women and health professionals toward menopause and compare the differences. Materials and Methods: This study design was cross-sectional. A total of 113 physicians and 171 nurses working in 23 private and public teaching hospitals and 202 midlife women between 45 and 55 years old were surveyed. Data were collected from Feb. 1998 to May 1998 with the Bowle’s Menopause Attitudes Scale (MAS). Results: Attitudes of midlife women toward menopause in the Bowle’s MAS include three dimensions. The scores in the emotional aspect were significantly different among women in the community (64.5±9.43), nurses (47.4±11.2) and physicians(39.4±8.07)(F=262.8, p＜0.001), and the scores in female subjectivity were also significantly different among women in the community (34.0±6.53), nurses (24.8±6.81) and physicians (20.4±5.69) (F=178.4, p＜0.001). The scores in the social aspect were not significantly different among women in the community (10.1±2.88), nurses (10.8±2.24) and Physicians (10.6±2.08). Conclusions: Transition to menopause in midlife is a natural process. Health professionals should assess their own and midlife women’s attitudes toward menopause during clinical encounters. Health professionals should be educated about healthy women in midlife and avoid viewing them as ill with a hormone deficiency.

關鍵字

社區中年婦女 ； 更年期態度 ； 醫護人員

並列摘要

Objective: To explore the attitudes of midlife women and health professionals toward menopause and compare the differences. Materials and Methods: This study design was cross-sectional. A total of 113 physicians and 171 nurses working in 23 private and public teaching hospitals and 202 midlife women between 45 and 55 years old were surveyed. Data were collected from Feb. 1998 to May 1998 with the Bowle’s Menopause Attitudes Scale (MAS). Results: Attitudes of midlife women toward menopause in the Bowle’s MAS include three dimensions. The scores in the emotional aspect were significantly different among women in the community (64.5±9.43), nurses (47.4±11.2) and physicians(39.4±8.07)(F=262.8, p＜0.001), and the scores in female subjectivity were also significantly different among women in the community (34.0±6.53), nurses (24.8±6.81) and physicians (20.4±5.69) (F=178.4, p＜0.001). The scores in the social aspect were not significantly different among women in the community (10.1±2.88), nurses (10.8±2.24) and Physicians (10.6±2.08). Conclusions: Transition to menopause in midlife is a natural process. Health professionals should assess their own and midlife women’s attitudes toward menopause during clinical encounters. Health professionals should be educated about healthy women in midlife and avoid viewing them as ill with a hormone deficiency.

並列關鍵字

mdlife women ； menopausal attitudes ； health care professionals