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Vive Revista de Salud
Print version ISSN 2664-3243On-line version ISSN L:2664-3243
Abstract
LEON, Fanny Mercedes González; ZAMBRANO, Nasser Baabel; SACOTO, Lilian Azucena Romero and ROCANO, Pedro Fernando Faican. Quality of life in postmenopausal women. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.4, n.10, pp.35-43. Epub Apr 30, 2021. ISSN 2664-3243. https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v4i10.73.
Menopause is a natural process in the life of every woman that consists of the definitive cessation of menstrual cycles, approximately between 45 and 55 years of age.
Objective.
To determine the quality of life in postmenopausal women between the ages of 45 and 60 years of the Guapan Cantón Azogues parish.
Materials and method.
Descriptive and correlational study was carried out on women in the postmenopausal stage with a sample of 74. The SF-36 Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire and the MRS Menopause Scale were applied.
Results.
They were analyzed in the SPSS version 25 Program, relating the frequencies of the variables through a bivariate correlation between the dimensions using the Spearman Rho association. The results of the SF-36 survey rated four dimensions: Perception of health; Physical; Emotional and social role. Through the correlation of the Menopause Rating Scale), three dimensions were rated Somatic; Psychological and Urogenital where the value p <0.05 was taken as reference.
Conclusions.
It is concluded that there is a significant correlation between the physical dimension with personal history, in the emotional dimension with the education evidenced and a p value of .003. In the same way, the social role was related to instruction giving a p value less than 0.05, the physical state also showed a significant relationship giving a p value of 000.
Keywords : Quality of life; postmenopause.
