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Multicenter Study
. 2001 Jan;27(1):3-11.
doi: 10.1016/s0212-6567(01)78765-3.

[Women's attitudes to menopause and predictive variables]

[Article in Spanish]
A Delgado  1 , M C Sánchez, I Galindo, C Pérez, M J Duque
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Multicenter Study

[Women's attitudes to menopause and predictive variables]

[Article in Spanish]
A Delgado et al. Aten Primaria. 2001 Jan.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objective: To find what women's attitudes to the menopause are and how these attitudes relate to certain personal variables.

Design: Multi-centre, transversal study.

Setting: 5 clinics at three urban and teaching health centres in Granada.

Participants: A systematic randomised sample of women = 18 who attended on demand in June 1998: alpha = 0.05, accuracy = 3 and standard deviation from the scale of attitudes (SA), found through prior sampling, was 15.4. N = 101 women.

Interventions: Questionnaire through interview after consultation.

Measurements and main results: Dependent variable: scale of attitudes to the menopause with 29 items.

Independent variables: age, marital status, educational qualifications, work situation, cultural group, religion, continuity with her doctor, utilisation, menopausal status, perception of autonomy, opinion of the menopause, feelings towards the menopause, perceived health.

Analysis: homogeneity and validity of SA. Descriptive, univariate analysis of SA with independent variables. Multiple linear regression: we found 7 factors that explained 66.5% of variance. Age 43.4 +/- 17.5. 50.5% had not reached the menopause; 10.9% were in the peri-menopause; and 37.6% in the menopause. 70.3% had feelings of relief or were neutral; 54.5% had a positive view; and 21.8% expressed no opinion. The variables explaining attitudes were feeling, continuity, opinion, utility, autonomy and perceived health.

Conclusions: Women had positive or neutral feelings and opinions about the menopause. Their attitudes to it were related to these variables and not to other social or demographic variables or to their menopausal status.

Objetivo: Conocer cuáles son las actitudes de las mujeres sobre la menopausia y cómo se relacionan estas actitudes con ciertas variables personales.

Diseño: Estudio transversal multicéntrico.

Emplazamiento: Cinco consultas de 3 centros de salud urbanos y docentes de Granada.

Participantes: Muestra consecutiva de mujeres ≥ 18 años que consultaban a demanda en junio de 1998, para α = 0,05, precisión = 3 y desviación estándar de la escala de actitudes (EA), obtenida mediante muestreo previo, de 15,4; n = 101 mujeres.

Intervenciones: Cuestionario mediante entrevista al finalizar la consulta.

Mediciones y resultados principales: Variable dependiente: EA ante la menopausia con 29 ítems. Variables independientes: edad, estado civil, nivel de instrucción, situación laboral, grupo cultural, religión, continuidad con su médico, utilización, estado menopáusico, percepción de autonomía, opinión sobre la menopausia, sentimientos ante la menopausia y salud percibida. Análisis: homogeneidad y validez de la EA. Descriptiva y univariante de la EA con variables independientes. Regresión lineal múltiple.

Obtenemos 7 factores que explican un 66,5% de la variancia. Edad, 43,4 ± 17,5. No tiene menopausia un 50,5%, se halla en la perimenopausia el 10,9%, en la menopausia un 37,6%. El 70,3% manifiesta sentimientos de alivio o neutros; un 54,5% muestra una opinión positiva y el 21,8% no tiene opinión alguna. Las variables que explican las actitudes son el sentimiento, la continuidad, la opinión, la utilización, la autonomía y la salud percibida.

Conclusiones: Las mujeres tienen sentimientos y opiniones positivas o neutras ante la menopausia, y sus actitudes ante ésta se relacionan con estas variables y no con otras sociodemográficas o con el estado menopáusico.

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