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Changing womanhood: perimenopause among Filipina-Americans
1College of Nursing, University of San Diego, USA.
Objective:
To develop a conceptualization of perimenopause experienced by Filipina-American women.
Design:
Grounded theory methods of interviews and constant comparative analysis.
Setting:
Participants were interviewed in their homes or other location of their choosing.
Participants:
Sixteen Filipina-American women who had not menstruated in the past 6 months or who identified themselves as perimenopausal.
Main Outcome Measures:
Changing womanhood was the core category and was related to three major categories living in my changing body changing family relationships and changing community networks.
Results:
The women experienced changes such as hot flashes and irritability as well as role conflicts and broadening community involvement. The perimenopause is also a time to focus on oneself and to seek activities of a personal, familial, and community nature that are fulfilling in a different way than previous child-rearing activities.
Conclusion:
Filipina-American women experience perimenopause as a normal process of aging rather than as symptomatic of disease, thus providing a health-oriented model of perimenopause.