Women’s Attitudes Toward the Menopause

Neugarten, Bernice L.; Wood, Vivian; Kraines, Ruth J.; Loomis, Barbara

doi:10.1159/000269714

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“…It is recommended that future studies use standardized questionnaires in order to assess attitudes towards menopause, including the Attitude towards Menopause scale (ATM) (17) or the menopause attitude scale (MAS) (54). However previous study showed that only 10.52 % of published studies had been used of the standard questionnaire (55).…”

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Attitudes Towards Menopause Among Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bahri¹,

Roudsari²,

Tohidinik³

et al. 2016

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Context: Women's attitudes towards menopause have an important impact on menopausal experiences, including the perceived severity of symptoms and women's general lifestyles during menopause. Therefore, such attitudes should be considered when developing management and counseling programs for women in menopausal transition. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to examine Iranian women's attitudes towards menopause.Evidence Acquisition: In this study, searches for English articles were conducted using PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases, and searches for Persian articles were conducted using Magiran, SID, and Google Scholar. All articles published until April 30, 2015 were considered, using the keywords "Menopause," "Attitude," "Iran," and "Iranian women." Out of 1160 potentially relevant publications, 21 documents met the inclusion criteria. Then, the quality of the studies was examined by two reviewers independently using additional pre-specified criteria. Measures of the effects were pooled, and random effect meta-analysis was conducted using Stata software version 11.Results: Out of the 21 selected documents, 11 studies were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis. The results of the meta-analysis on 3453 participants showed that 25% of Iranian women had positive attitudes, 58% had neutral attitudes, and 17% had negative attitudes towards menopause. Conclusions:The majority of Iranian women had neutral attitudes towards menopause, which may be evidence of poor knowledge about menopause. Therefore, it is suggested that appropriate educational programs be developed and implemented by policymakers in order to increase knowledge and raise awareness among women about menopause.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes Towards Menopause Among Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bahri¹,

Roudsari²,

Tohidinik³

et al. 2016

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…Frey (1982) noted that more educated women had more positive attitudes toward menopause, but Avis and McKinlay (1991) reported that more educated women had more negative attitudes. Several studies have found no relationship between education and attitudes (Neugarten et al, 1963;Theisen et al, 1995;Wilbur et al, 1995). These contradictory results indicate that more research is needed to clarify the relationship between education levels and attitudes toward menopause.…”

Section: Women's Attitudes Toward Menopausementioning

confidence: 97%

“…The topic has been repeatedly studied since at least the early 1960s, when Neugarten, Wood, Kraines, and Loomis (1963) published an influential study. Generally, women's attitudes toward menopause range from neutral to positive, which is particularly reassuring in light of the influence attitudes may have on the menopause experience (Avis & McKinlay, 1991;Sommer et al, 1999;Wilbur, Miller, & Montgomery, 1995).…”

Section: Women's Attitudes Toward Menopausementioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes Toward Menopause

Gannon

Ekstrom

1993

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Menopause is a complex biopsychosocial phenomenon that is influenced by women's attitudes, the attitudes of their partners, families, and friends, and societal norms.Previous research has shown that attitudes can be influenced by many factors, such as age and menopausal status. This study examined men's and women's attitudes toward several facets of menopause, including fertility, attractiveness, personal growth, emotional stability, and sexuality, using an Amazon Mechanical Turk sample of 194 females and 151 males. Results revealed that women and men differed significantly in their attitudes toward fertility, attractiveness, personal growth, and sexuality, with women having more positive attitudes on every dimension except sexuality. For females, age was a significant positive predictor for fertility, personal growth, and emotional stability; knowledge was a significant positive predictor for personal growth; and education was a significant positive predictor for emotional stability. For males, age was a significant positive predictor for fertility, and knowledge was a significant negative predictor for fertility. These results indicate that men typically have more negative attitudes toward menopause than do women, and that more potential predictors of menopause attitudes should be explored in future work to provide insight into the reasons for this difference.ii For my family and the friends who became my family.I couldn't have done it without you.iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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“…This is an interesting question for a different study design. Further, the relationship between stress and symptoms adds to the decades of work linking women's stress and the experience of menopause [9,10], and supports the use of programs to reduce stress at this time of life.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…The connections between anxiety and climacteric syndrome [8] and life stress and climacteric syndrome [9,10] are well substantiated. This present study explores the relationship between both stress and anxiety, and climacteric syndrome.…”

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confidence: 99%