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KMID : 1007320140200030118
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Journal of the Korean Society of Menopause
2014 Volume.20 No. 3 p.118 ~ p.125
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Menopause Knowledge, Attitude, Symptom and Management among Midlife Employed Women
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Kwak Eun-Kyung
Park Hyun-Soon
Kang Nam-Mi
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Abstract
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Objectives: Midlife women’s knowledge, positive attitudes and management toward menopause may improve the quality of peri and post-menopause life. This study was to identify correlations of the knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management toward menopause in middle-aged women.
Methods: We used a cross-sectional questionnaire study applying to 231 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged from 40 to 59 years old. The completed data of 189 perimenopausal and menopausal women were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA and pearson’s correlation coefficient using the SPSS statistical programme.
Results: The menopausal women showed significantly higher physical symptoms than perimenopausal women. The menopausal women showed significantly higher psychosomatic symptom than perimenopausal women. There was a significant correlation between the menopausal attitude and management.
Conclusion: This study suggests that the fundamental data of developing midlife women’s symptom index (MSI) and providing menopause management could be a strategy to encourage successful menopausal transition in middle-aged women.
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KEYWORD
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Attitudes, Knowledge, Management, Menopause, Symptom
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