Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis
Abstract Background Climacteric changes in women are associated with an increased probability of psychological symptoms. Identifying the relationship between adjustment to this period and mental health helps to plan for middle-aged women’s health improvement. Therefore, the present study aimed to in...
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| description | Abstract Background Climacteric changes in women are associated with an increased probability of psychological symptoms. Identifying the relationship between 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 mental health in middle aged women. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 women aged 40 to 53 years. Mental health symptoms (including hypochondriasis, anxiety, depression, and social impairment) and CA were assessed using 28-item general health questionnaire and the CA questionnaire, respectively, as a self-report. Data were analyzed using linear and stepwise regression methods, and the fitting of the resulting conceptual model was assessed using AMOS software. Results The results showed that hypochondriasis score and social impairment, anxiety level and CA in the perfection dimension, and social impairment score 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 between social impairment and decline of femininity were positive and significant. Factor analysis of the conceptual model obtained from the study results demonstrated a good model fit (CMIN /DF = 0.807, P = .671). Conclusion The results showed a relationship between CA and psychological symptoms in middle-aged women. In other words, the level of hypochondriasis, anxiety, and social impairment symptoms decreased with increasing CA in sexual silence, perfection, and decline in beauty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-189fb237540c4f8b8852784f86a3f6522023-05-07T11:22:37ZengBMCBMC Women's Health1472-68742023-05-012311710.1186/s12905-023-02397-xRelationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysisMaedeh Khakkar0Ashraf Kazemi1Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical SciencesReproductive Health Departments, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Climacteric changes in women are associated with an increased probability of psychological symptoms. Identifying the relationship between 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 mental health in middle aged women. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted on 190 women aged 40 to 53 years. Mental health symptoms (including hypochondriasis, anxiety, depression, and social impairment) and CA were assessed using 28-item general health questionnaire and the CA questionnaire, respectively, as a self-report. Data were analyzed using linear and stepwise regression methods, and the fitting of the resulting conceptual model was assessed using AMOS software. Results The results showed that hypochondriasis score and social impairment, anxiety level and CA in the perfection dimension, and social impairment score 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 between social impairment and decline of femininity were positive and significant. Factor analysis of the conceptual model obtained from the study results demonstrated a good model fit (CMIN /DF = 0.807, P = .671). Conclusion The results showed a relationship between CA and psychological symptoms in middle-aged women. In other words, the level of hypochondriasis, anxiety, and social impairment symptoms decreased with increasing CA in sexual silence, perfection, and decline in beauty.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02397-xClimactericAdjustmentMental healthMiddle aged |
| spellingShingle | Maedeh Khakkar Ashraf Kazemi Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis BMC Women's Health Climacteric Adjustment Mental health Middle aged |
| title | Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis |
| title_full | Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis |
| title_fullStr | Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis |
| title_short | Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis |
| title_sort | relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women a confirmatory analysis |
| topic | Climacteric Adjustment Mental health Middle aged |
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