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更年期婦女症狀困擾、情緒狀態與健康需求之相關性研究
Climacteric Symptoms, Mood Status and Health Needs in Menopausal Women
摘要
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among climacteric symptoms, mood status and health needs in menopausal women. Methods: In this cross-sectional and correlation study using a convenience sampling, we collected data from 50 climacteric women aged 47.78±4.73 recruited from a medical center in Taichung City. The subjects were administered questionnaires that collected demographic data and contained Symptom Disturbance Scale, Health Need Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Perceived Stress Scale. Results: Low back pain, insomnia and joint pain were the most commonly reported frequency of climacteric symptoms with regard to frequency and severity. The mean scores for Beck Depression Inventory was 11.96±9.94, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was 43.42±12.93. Fifty percent of the subjects reached the 10 cutoff point score for depression. The importance of health needs were ranked as: psychosocial, informational and physical needs. We also found significant correlations between severity of climacteric symptoms significant correlations and depression, anxiety, and perceived stress (p＜.05), with coefficients ranging from .29 to .62. Menopausal women with mood disturbance had significantly higher mean scores for climacteric symptoms with regard to both frequency and severity than those with no mood disturbance (t=2.21, p＜.05; t=2.59, p＜.05). Conclusions: The findings of this study support the view that the greater the number of climacteric symptoms, the more frequent and severe the depression, anxiety and stress. Nurses can use these findings to develop interventions to help improve the health of climacteric women.
並列摘要
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among climacteric symptoms, mood status and health needs in menopausal women. Methods: In this cross-sectional and correlation study using a convenience sampling, we collected data from 50 climacteric women aged 47.78±4.73 recruited from a medical center in Taichung City. The subjects were administered questionnaires that collected demographic data and contained Symptom Disturbance Scale, Health Need Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Perceived Stress Scale. Results: Low back pain, insomnia and joint pain were the most commonly reported frequency of climacteric symptoms with regard to frequency and severity. The mean scores for Beck Depression Inventory was 11.96±9.94, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was 43.42±12.93. Fifty percent of the subjects reached the 10 cutoff point score for depression. The importance of health needs were ranked as: psychosocial, informational and physical needs. We also found significant correlations between severity of climacteric symptoms significant correlations and depression, anxiety, and perceived stress (p＜.05), with coefficients ranging from .29 to .62. Menopausal women with mood disturbance had significantly higher mean scores for climacteric symptoms with regard to both frequency and severity than those with no mood disturbance (t=2.21, p＜.05; t=2.59, p＜.05). Conclusions: The findings of this study support the view that the greater the number of climacteric symptoms, the more frequent and severe the depression, anxiety and stress. Nurses can use these findings to develop interventions to help improve the health of climacteric women.