Purpose : This study was designed to describe the relationship on climacteric symptom and health behavior according to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in climacteric women.
Method : Data were collected through self-reported questionaries which were constructed to include a climacteric symptom and health behaviors of climacteric women. The subjects for this study were 135 climacteric women between 45-65 years of age living in Kuri city. Among them. 65 were in the experimental group and tht other 70 were in the control group. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. t-test. ??-test. ANOVA, and Pearson Coreelation Coefficient.
Results : The results were as follows ;
1) There was no singnificant difference on the climacteric symptom between the group of women receiving HRT and those who did not (t=1.973, p=0.162).
2) The mean health behavior score for the group of women receiving HRT was significantly higher than those who did not(t=2.557, p=0.042).
3) The climacteric symptom and health behavior were positively correlated (r=.289, p=0.015) in women receiving HRT. while these were negatively correlated (r=.242, p=0.043) in women without HRT.
4) Women in the HRT group showed higher climacteric symptom than the those in the control group in most items.
5) The mean score for health behavior was 2.76 in the hormone replacement therapy group and 2.35 for the control group.
6) For women in the experimental group, climacteric symptom was significantly different by the level of education (F=7.371, p=.001).
7) For women in the control group. climacteric symptom was significantly different by the number of children (F=2.873, p=.044), the level of education (F=5.616, p=.006), the number of abortion (F=3.231, p=.015), and the status of menstruation (F=4.129, p=.020).
8) For women in the experimental group, health behavior was significantly different by the level of education (F=7.351, p=.001), frequency of exercise (F=8.106, p=3000), and the status of menstruation (F=3.446, p=.032).
9) For women in the control group, health behavior was significantly different by frequency of the exercise (F=7.381, p=.001).
Conclusion : This study results indicated that there was on association between the HRT and climacteric symptoms, while there was positive correlations between the HRT and health behavior. Therefore, it is assumed that HRT increases the positive health behavior of women.
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