Background: Menopause is a complicated physiological process that marks the end of a woman's normal reproductive life, Aim of the study: Determine the correlation between psychological capital and prevailing menopausal symptoms among the middle-aged women. Method: Descriptive correlational design was used to determine the relationship between psychological capital and menopausal symptoms. Convenience sampling was utilized to recruit the 360 menopausal middle-aged women in Port Said, Egypt, from August to October 2021. Results: Majority of the participants are married, with a mean age of 52.01±9.881, housewife, Muslim, and obtained college degree. More than half of the participants had three gravida, with more than 3 children and with enough income for daily needs. Prevailing somatic symptom is joint and muscle discomfort in all phases of menopausal stages. While psychological and urogenital symptoms vary according to menopausal stages. It was also observed that there are significant relations between all menopausal symptoms with premenopausal versus perimenopausal and premenopausal versus postmenopausal (p-value = 0.005), except for sexual problems. There is a high negative correlation between all menopausal symptoms and domains of psychological capital (p value =0.01). Conclusion: Menopausal middle-aged women persistently experienced symptoms throughout menopausal stages. They have low psychological capital concerning hope, optimism, and resilience. The psychological capital turns out to be lower as the menopausal symptoms persisted across menopausal stages.
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