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ArticleBMC women's health2023

Relationship between mental health and climacteric adjustment in middle aged women: a confirmatory analysis.

Maedeh Khakkar, Ashraf Kazemi

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Article in BMC women's health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Maedeh KhakkarStudent Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ashraf KazemiReproductive Health Departments, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. kazemi@nm.mui.ac.ir.
Iranshahr University · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundClimacteric 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.

methodThis 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.

resultsThe 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).

conclusionThe 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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ClimactericMenopauseMental HealthAdultAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansHypochondriasisMiddle AgedWomen's HealthAdjustmentClimactericMental healthMiddle aged

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PMID37149575
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