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Resilience and related factors in urban, mid-aged Spanish women
P J Coronado1, A Oliva1, M Fasero2
1a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Instituto de Salud de la Mujer Botella Llusiá, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Complutense University , Madrid , Spain.
Objective:
To assess resilience and related factors among urban, mid-aged Spanish women.
Methods:
This was a cross-sectional study performed in 227 women aged 40-65 years who filled out the 14-item Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale (WYRS-14), the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and a questionnaire containing personal sociodemographic data.
Results:
For the whole sample, median (interquartile range) age and total WYRS-14 score were 52.4 (8.7) years and 79 (20.0) points, respectively. Resilience score was inversely related to non-working status, non-university studies, depressed mood, perimenopausal status, and higher MRS total scores (≥ 17). Using the 25th percentile of the obtained total WYRS-14 score as a cut-off value to define lower resilience (< 68.0 points), logistic regression analysis determined that low resilience was related to being unemployed, having depressed mood and being perimenopausal. Drinking less than 3 units/day of alcohol was significantly related to higher resilience.
Conclusion:
In this sample of urban, mid-aged Spanish women, low resilience (lower WYRS-14 scores) was related to unemployment status, depressed mood and severe menopausal symptoms.
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