Do complaints related to menopause affect sexuality and marital adjustment?

Bülbül, Tülay; Mucuk, Salime; Dolanbay, Mehmet; Turhan, İpek

doi:10.1080/14681994.2020.1813886

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“…Physical and psychological changes in menopause affect women’s quality of sexual life. [ 4 8 14 25 ] Approximately 75% of menopausal women are sexually active. [ 9 ] In the present study, the participants’ quality of sexual life was moderate, with a mean score of 43.54.…”

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“…Several studies on the quality of sexual life during menopause and employing a similar assessment tool reported a mean score of 61.32–72.7. [ 10 15 20 25 26 ] The difference in mean score may be attributed to participants’ descriptive characteristics, such as age, educational status, and the sociocultural structure of society.…”

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“…Similarly, Bülbül et al . [ 25 ] and Derya et al . [ 14 ] have reported that urogenital problems caused by menopause may affect women’s quality of sexual life.…”

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Quality of Sexual Life and Attitudes toward Menopause among Postmenopausal Women Living in Northern Cyprus: A Cross-sectional Study

Uslu-Sahan,

Er-Korucu,

Abic

2023

Journal of Mid-Life Health

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Background: Most middle-aged women in the menopausal period consider sexuality an important part of life. The aim of the present study was to investigate the factors affecting the quality of sexual life and attitudes toward menopause in postmenopausal women and the effects of their attitudes toward menopause on the quality of sexual life. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with postmenopausal women in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between July 2021 and April 2022. The research sample consisted of 255 postmenopausal women. The Attitudes Toward Menopause Scale and the Sexual Quality of Life Scale (SQLS) were used to collect data. The questionnaire forms were administered online. The data were analyzed using the independent t-test, analysis of variance, Tukey’s test, Pearson’s correlation, and linear regression analysis. Results: The mean score of the participants on the SQLS was 43.54 ± 12.56 and the mean score of the Attitudes Toward Menopause Scale was 60.39 ± 16.29. The study revealed that variables such as age, level of education, employment status, duration of menopause, and knowledge about menopause have an effect on women’s sexual life quality. In addition to the listed variables, income level was found to affect attitudes toward menopause. A positive attitude toward menopause causes an increase in the level of sexual life quality (β = 0.544, R 2 = 0.30, F = 106.260, R = 0.544, P = 0.001). Conclusions: The attitudes of postmenopausal women toward menopause are an important determinant of their sexual life quality. For this reason, it is recommended to develop and implement training programs that can improve sexual health of women and their attitudes toward menopause.

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Quality of Sexual Life and Attitudes toward Menopause among Postmenopausal Women Living in Northern Cyprus: A Cross-sectional Study

Uslu-Sahan,

Er-Korucu,

Abic

2023

Journal of Mid-Life Health

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“…Menopause affects women’s physical, sexual, mental, and social health and causes conflict between spouses. Sexual satisfaction and marital adjustment decrease depending on the severity of menopausal symptoms [ 11 , 34 , 35 ]. In the present study, women’s mean marital adjustment scores before the intervention were 52.57 ±4.85 and 52.57 ±4.85 in the intervention and control groups, respectively.…”

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Communication skills training with the transactional analysis approach developed menopausal women’s marital adjustment – a quasi-experimental study

Enjezab,

Yousofvand,

Dehsorkhi

et al. 2023

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Introduction Communication skills help people have a better life. Due to the changes caused by menopause and their effects on interpersonal communication, it is essential to reinforce communication skills during this period. This study aimed to investigate the effect of communication skills training (CST) using the transactional analysis (TA) approach on menopausal women’s marital adjustment. Material and methods This quasi-experimental study with a parallel design was performed by the availability sampling method with participation of 46 married menopausal women. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups. The intervention group participated in eight CST sessions with a TA approach. The control group did not receive any psychosocial or educational services. Participants completed the demographic information, Queen Dam communication skills, and Spinner’s marital adjustment questionnaire before, at the end of, and one month after the training period. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical tests with SPSS22 software. Results There was no significant difference in demographics between the groups ( p < 0.05). The mean marital adjustment scores were 53.48 ±12.24, 117.70 ±11.15, and 116.52 ±10.73 before, at the end of, and one month after the intervention, respectively. The marital adjustment scores before the intervention did not differ between the two groups but significantly increased after training and in the follow-up period ( p < 0.001). Conclusions Communication skills training with a TA approach in postmenopausal women improves marital adjustment. Therefore, it is suggested that midwives use this method in comprehensive health centers as an effective method for improving the lives of postmenopausal women.

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“…Matrimonial adjustment is required for functional and successful marital relations, and education plays a positive role in this regard (Blank et al , 2008; Bradbury et al , 2000; Bülbül et al , 2020; Maqsood et al , 2021). The adjusted marital relations refer to the relationships in which partners build good relationships and solve their common problems satisfyingly and mutually, even when confronted (Lee et al , 2019; Locke and Wallace, 1959).…”

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Psychometric properties of the revised Urdu version dyadic adjustment scale for evaluating marital relationship quality between madrassa and Non-Madrassa married women

Naeem¹,

Aqeel²,

Maqsood³

et al. 2021

IJHRH

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Purpose This study aims to explore the indigenous needs of married women in Pakistan due to the public health challenges they face due to marital conflict. The research focuses on investigating psychometric properties and cross-cultural validation of the revised dyadic adjustment scale’s (RDAS) Urdu translated version to assess marital relationship quality between married madrassa and non-madrassa women. The study examines empirically validated two-factor model (RDAS) between married madrassa and non-madrassa women (Busby et al., 1995; Hollist et al., 2012; Isanezhad et al., 2012; Christensen et al., 2006) and (Bayraktaroglu and Cakici, 2017). These studies approach including consensus, satisfaction and cohesion. Design/methodology/approach The investigators executed the study into two phases: a pilot test and the main survey. Findings The pilot study's findings specified that the Urdu translated version of the revised DAS indicated a decent internal consistency (a = 0.70). The overall revised DAS maintained a stronger test-retest correlation and tested it over 15 days (r = 0.95). The main study recorded 300 respondents' responses from madrassa and non-madrassa married women using a purposive sampling approach and recruited them from the locality of various madrassas and housing societies of Islamabad, Azad Kashmir and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The study findings showed higher intercorrelations between total and subscales of the revised DAS. It further compared the groups with a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method and examined the revised DAS structure in married madrassa and non-madrassa women. Practical implications This study contributes to scientific knowledge and helps develop and validate indigenous cross-cultural instruments to examine marital life quality. It offers practical and reliable information about Pakistani couples' emotional attachment and marriage adjustment issues. Originality/value The study applied a three-factor solution, and it demonstrated a robust factorial validity in the context of Pakistani culture, which is a novel contribution to the literature.

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Do complaints related to menopause affect sexuality and marital adjustment?

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Quality of Sexual Life and Attitudes toward Menopause among Postmenopausal Women Living in Northern Cyprus: A Cross-sectional Study

Quality of Sexual Life and Attitudes toward Menopause among Postmenopausal Women Living in Northern Cyprus: A Cross-sectional Study

Communication skills training with the transactional analysis approach developed menopausal women’s marital adjustment – a quasi-experimental study

Psychometric properties of the revised Urdu version dyadic adjustment scale for evaluating marital relationship quality between madrassa and Non-Madrassa married women

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