Factors affecting the quality of life in climacteric women in Manisa region Manisa bölgesinde yaşayan klimakterik dönem kadınlarında yaşam kalitesini etkileyen faktörler

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Inceboz Ü., DEMİRCİ H., Özbaşaran F., Çoban A., NEHİR S.

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.111-116, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5174/tutfd.2008.01050.2
  • Dergi Adı: Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.111-116
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Quality of life, menopause, climacteric, MRS, WHOQOL-BREF
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: To determine the factors affecting the severity of menopausal symptoms and the quality of life among women living in Manisa, a western city of Turkey. Patients and Methods: After statistical estimation of the sample size reflecting the whole population, 268 climacteric women (mean age 50.7±6.6 years; range 40 to 60 years) with menopausal symptoms were investigated by sociodemographic questionnaire, menopause rating scale (MRS), and Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF-TR) in Celal Bayar University Hospital. Results: Almost 1/3 of women had no knowledge on menopause. The MRS scores of women were inversely correlated with Physical Health, Psychological well-being, Social Relationship domains of quality of life. Educational level, menopausal knowledge, participation in decision-making in the family and economic status positively affected most domains of quality of life, whereas being married and having high BMI scores had negative effects. Conclusion: In climacteric women, quality of life was negatively affected by the severity of menopausal symptoms, low education level, limited menopausal knowledge, and being overweight. © Medical Journal of Trakya University.