沉默的过渡:更年期和中年妇女的福祉
1Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Journal of mid-life health
|December 19, 2025
概括
更年期对阿格拉农村的拉吉普特妇女产生重大影响,更年期后妇女经历了更严重的症状,影响了他们的心理健康. 有针对性的干预措施对于改善他们的生活质量至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 更年期带来了影响妇女生活质量的生理和心理挑战.
- 印度农村妇女,包括阿格拉的拉吉普特妇女,由于有限的医疗保健和社会经济因素,面临着独特的健康负担.
- 本研究研究了更年期症状及其对这一特定人群心理健康 (PWB) 的影响.
研究的目的:
- 检查更年期症状的分布和严重程度.
- 评估这些症状对阿格拉农村的拉吉普特妇女心理健康 (PWB) 的影响.
- 确定需要针对印度农村的更年期妇女进行有针对性的健康干预.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及印度阿格拉109名拉吉普特女性 (年龄在35-60岁) 的横截面研究.
- 根据全国妇女健康研究标准确定更年期状况.
- 通过半结构面试采集的数据,使用更年期评分尺度和PWB尺度 (PWB-18);分析了千平方和斯皮尔曼相关性.
主要成果:
- 与绝经前妇女相比,绝经后妇女的严重体质症状 (38.2%) 和心理症状 (35.3%) 的患病率更高.
- 在PWB和症状负担之间观察到显著的负相关性 (P<0.05),特别是在绝经后的妇女中.
- 更年期组之间的泌尿器官症状没有显著差异.
结论:
- 更年期过渡显著影响了阿格拉农村拉吉普特妇女的QOL和PWB.
- 对于更年期妇女来说,急需可访问的医疗保健和文化敏感的计划.
- 加强心理健康支持对于改善农村印度更年期妇女的福祉至关重要.
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