Evaluación de la calidad de vida en mujeres de 40 a 59 años mediante la escala MRS (Menopause Rating Scale) / Assessment of quality of life using the Menopause Rating Scale in women aged 40 to 59 years
Rev. méd. Chile
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136(12): 1511-1517, dic. 2008. tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Climacteric symptoms have a direct relationship with biological and sociocultural factors and significantly impair the quality of life of women.Aim:
To assess quality of life and factors affecting it in women aged 40 to 59 years. Material andmethods:
The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was applied to 370 healthy women aged 49 ± 6 years, that accompanied patients to public hospitals in Santiago.Results:
Forty four percent of women were postmenopausal and 6 percent used hormone replacement therapy. Half of the group had less than 12 years of formal education and 67 percent had a couple. The mean number of children was 2.8 ± 1.5. Total MRS score was 16.2 ± 8.5. The higher score was given by the psychological domain (7.7 + 4.4), followed by the somatic domain (5.8 ± 3.5). The urogenital domain had the lowest score (2.7 ± 2.9). Eighty percent of women had moderate to severe climacteric symptoms. A logistic regression analysis showed that the postmenopausal condition was the factor that caused the greatest derangement in quality of life, followed by her parity. Formal education had the lowest impact.Conclusions:
In this sample of women, menopause significantly deteriorated quality of life and sociocultural factors such as the parity also had an impact.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Menopausa
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de incidência
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Diego Portales/CL
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Universidad de Chile/CL
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