El significado de la menopausia para un grupo de mujeres chilenas atendidas en el sistema público de salud / The significance of menopause for Chilean women attending primary health care centers
Rev. méd. Chile
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150(1): 62-69, ene. 2022. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Menopause connects a biological event with social representations related to agingAIM:
To assess the meaning of menopause in a group of Chilean women attending primary health care. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Secondary analysis of a descriptive qualitative study of in-depth interviews to explore the meaning of menopause in fifteen women aged 55 to 71 years who experienced menopause between 2 and 29 years before. Data were collected using the method proposed by the Grounded Theory. Guba's criteria of scientific rigor were used.RESULTS:
Relational analysis shows that menopause divides the life cycle of women into two stages related with the possibility of having children, which is heavily influenced by the cultural significance of menopause.CONCLUSIONS:
Women perceive that menopause is a natural stage and that it is the end of a period focused on tasks related to reproduction and motherhood. However, that "normality" includes a suffering process, loaded with negative cultural beliefs about menopause passed down for generations.
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Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Aging
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Menopause
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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Universidad Andrés Bello/CL
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