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Percepción de las mujeres y sus parejas sobre la calidad de vida en el climaterio.

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Title: Percepción de las mujeres y sus parejas sobre la calidad de vida en el climaterio.
Authors: Salazar, Alide M.1, Paravic, Tatiana K.2, Barriga, Omar A.3
Source: Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología. 2011, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p64-70. 7p.
Subjects: SEX differences (Biology), SENSORY perception, QUALITY of life, CROSS-sectional method, COMMUNITY health services, MEDICAL centers, CLIMACTERIC
Abstract (English): Objective: To determine if there are differences between women's and their couples' perception of health related quality of life during the climacteric period. Method: Cross-sectional and correlational design. The studied sample consisted of 49 couples, made up of women in a range of 40 to 60 years of age and men in a range of 40 to 65 years of age, enrolled in a Community Health Center in Concepción, Chile. Couples were interviewed in their homes after providing informed consent. Both members answered the Menopause-Speciic Quality of Life Questionnaire independently. Descriptive statistics, Kappa and Student-t tests were used, considering p<0.05 as statistically signiicant. Results: The average age was 50.7 years and 53.2 for women and men, respectively. Most women presented a moderate alteration in their quality of life speciically in their sexual, physical and psychosocial domains, having more deterioration in the sexual and physical domains. Comparing women's scores in the four domains of the Menopause-Speciic Quality of Life Questionnaire to their couples' scores, important differences were found in the vasomotor (p<0.05), psycosocial (p<0.01) and physical (p<0.05) domains. The sexual domain was the only one that did not present significant differences between women's and men's perceptions. Conclusion: Women's perception of quality of life related to health during the climacteric period is different from their husband's. The sexual domain is the only exception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Objetivo: Determinar si existen diferencias entre la percepción de las mujeres y de sus parejas sobre la calidad de vida relacionada con salud en la etapa de climaterio. Método: Diseño descriptivo y correlacional. Población del estudio integrada por 49 parejas, formadas por mujeres entre 40-60 años y hombres entre 40-65 años de un Centro de Salud de Concepción, Chile. Las parejas fueron entrevistadas en sus hogares previo consentimiento informado. Ambos respondieron de forma independiente el Cuestionario Especíico de Calidad de Vida en la Menopausia. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva, índice de Kappa y t de Student. Se consideró como signiicativo valores de p<0,05. Resultados: La edad promedio fue 50,7 años para las mujeres y 53,2 para los hombres. La mayoría de las mujeres percibieron una moderada alteración de la calidad de vida en los dominios psicosocial, físico y sexual, percibiendo mayor deterioro en los dominios físico y sexual. Al comparar los puntajes de las mujeres, en los cuatro dominios, con la percepción de sus parejas, hubo diferencias signiicativas en los dominios vasomotor (p<0,05), psicosocial (p<0,01) y físico (p<0,05). El dominio sexual fue el único en el que no hubo diferencias signiicativas entre la percepción de ambos miembros de la pareja. Conclusión: Existen diferencias en la percepción que la mujer tiene respecto de su calidad de vida relacionada con salud durante la etapa climaterio y la percepción que sus esposos tienen, con excepción del dominio sexual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Objective: To determine if there are differences between women's and their couples' perception of health related quality of life during the climacteric period. Method: Cross-sectional and correlational design. The studied sample consisted of 49 couples, made up of women in a range of 40 to 60 years of age and men in a range of 40 to 65 years of age, enrolled in a Community Health Center in Concepción, Chile. Couples were interviewed in their homes after providing informed consent. Both members answered the Menopause-Speciic Quality of Life Questionnaire independently. Descriptive statistics, Kappa and Student-t tests were used, considering p<0.05 as statistically signiicant. Results: The average age was 50.7 years and 53.2 for women and men, respectively. Most women presented a moderate alteration in their quality of life speciically in their sexual, physical and psychosocial domains, having more deterioration in the sexual and physical domains. Comparing women's scores in the four domains of the Menopause-Speciic Quality of Life Questionnaire to their couples' scores, important differences were found in the vasomotor (p<0.05), psycosocial (p<0.01) and physical (p<0.05) domains. The sexual domain was the only one that did not present significant differences between women's and men's perceptions. Conclusion: Women's perception of quality of life related to health during the climacteric period is different from their husband's. The sexual domain is the only exception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:0048766X
DOI:10.4067/S0717-75262011000200002