自闭症和非自闭症患者的常见和独特的更年期经历:一种定性研究
Martha A Piper1, Rebecca A Charlton1
1Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Journal of health psychology
|February 15, 2025
概括
自闭症患者经历了独特的更年期挑战,包括医疗不敏感和焦虑. 对自闭症患者来说,定制的支持对于在这种生活过渡中进行导航至关重要.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 更年期研究研究更年期研究.
背景情况:
- 更年期为自闭症和非自闭症个体带来了共同和独特的挑战.
- 了解这些经验对于改善医疗保健至关重要.
- 自闭症患者在这个过渡期可能会面临不同的困难.
研究的目的:
- 探索和比较自闭症和非自闭症成年人的更年期经历.
- 为了确定自闭症患者在更年期期间所面临的独特挑战.
- 为制定量身定制的更年期护理提供信息.
主要方法:
- 半结构面试与15名自闭症和14名非自闭症成年人 (出生时被分配为女性) 进行.
- 对每个组分别进行了主题分析.
- 确定了四个总体主题及其子主题.
主要成果:
- 两组都报告了缺乏更年期信息和负面的心理变化.
- 分享的经验包括更年期与其他生活事件一起发生.
- 自闭症个体面临着独特的挑战,如医疗设施不足,对不确定性的焦虑,以及未被诊断的自闭症的影响.
结论:
- 自闭症患者在更年期期间遇到特定的障碍,与非自闭症患者不同.
- 医疗专业人员需要更好地适应更年期期间的自闭症需求.
- 在更年期过渡期间,自闭症患者显然需要专门的护理和支持.
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