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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

JULIO 2015 N° 6 Volumen 18

Quality of Life of Women during Menopause in the Health Area of Vigo

Section: Health and quality of life

How to quote

Antolín Rodríguez R, Moure Fernández L, Puialto Durán MJ, Salgado Álvarez C. Calidad de vida de las mujeres durante el climaterio en el Área Sanitaria de Vigo. Metas Enferm jul/ago 2015; 18(6): 63-68.

Authors

1Rosa Antolín Rodríguez, 2Laura Moure Fernández, 3María José Puialto Durán, 4Carlos Salgado Álvarez

Position

1Enfermera. Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesora Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería. Hospital do Meixoeiro. 2Enfermera. Máster en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesora Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería. Hospital do Meixoeiro.3Enfermera. Máster en Ciencias de la Salud. Supervisora Unidad de Docencia y Formación continuada. EOXI de Vigo.4Enfermero. Antropólogo. Supervisor Área Radioloxía. EOXI de Vigo.

Contact address

Rosa Antolín Rodríguez. C/ Camiño Pedrosa, 57. 36216 Vigo.

Contact email: rosa.antolin.rodriguez@sergas.es

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the Quality of Life (QoL) of women during menopause in the healthcare area of Vigo.
Method: a descriptive and transversal study conducted in five healthcare centers in the Healthcare Area of Vigo from March, 2012 to May, 2013. The subjects of the study were 45 to 64-year-old women. The sample size was estimated in 425 women. The selection of women was conducted through convenience sampling of consecutive cases. The Cervantes Scale (CS) was used as measurement tool. A selected nurse handed questionnaires to women who attended the healthcare centre as patients and/or companions. Descriptive analysis was conducted through frequencies and percentages for the qualitative variables, and mean and standard deviation for quantitative variables. Chi-square Test, Student’s T Test and ANOVA were used for inferential analysis.
Results: the mean level of overall QoL found was 53.6 (SD: 27.2) scores. There was a medium-low level of problems in all age groups in the Menopause and Health, Psychological, and Sexuality domains. In the Couple Relationship domain, the level found in women with primary education was medium-low, while the rest of women presented a high level (p= 0,000). It was observed that being a carer for dependent persons had a negative impact on QoL (p= 0.028), and no differences were found between women on hormonal therapy or not.
Conclusions: women in the Healthcare Area of Vigo present a medium-low level of problems associated with menopause in terms of their QoL, and this score is slightly higher to the one from the sample studied for validation of the Cervantes Score.

Keywords:

quality of life; climacterium; Cervantes Scale; menopause

Versión en Español

Título:

Calidad de vida de las mujeres durante el climaterio en el Área Sanitaria de Vigo