Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Percepción de los hombres y sus parejas sobre la calidad de vida en el climaterio masculino. |
| Authors: |
Salazar M., Alide1, Paravic K., Tatiana2, Barriga, Omar A.3 |
| Source: |
Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología. Feb2012, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p11-17. 7p. |
| Subjects: |
QUALITY of life, SENSORY perception, ANDROPAUSE, INTERPERSONAL relations, DESCRIPTIVE statistics |
| Geographic Terms: |
CHILE |
| Abstract (English): |
Objective: To determine if there are differences between men's and their couples' perception of health related quality of life during the male climacteric period. Method: Cross-sectional and correlational design. The studied sample consisted of 49 couples, made up of men in a range of 40 to 65 years of age and women in a range of 40 to 60 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 Aging Males' Symptoms independently. Descriptive statistics, Kappa and Student-t tests were used. Results: The average age was 53.2 years and 50.7 for men and women, respectively. 58.4% of the men showed any kind of alteration of their quality of life, having more deterioration in the somato-vegetative and sexual subscale. By comparing men scores in three sub-scales to their couples' perception, only psychological sub-scale (p<0.01) presented a signiicant difference. Conclusion: Men's perception of quality of life related to health during the male climacteric period is not different from their couples' in somato-vegetative and sexual subscales. The psychological subscale is the only exception [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Objetivo: Determinar si existen diferencias entre la percepción de los hombres y de sus parejas sobre la calidad de vida relacionada con salud en la etapa de climaterio masculino. Método: Diseño descriptivo y correlacional. Población del estudio integrada por 49 parejas, formadas por hombres entre 40-65 años y sus parejas mujeres entre 40-60 años de un Centro de Salud de Concepción, Chile. Las parejas fueron entrevistadas en sus hogares previo consentimiento informado. Ambos respondieron de forma independiente la escala Aging Males' Symptoms. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva, Indice de Kappa y t de Student. Resultados: La edad promedio fue 53,2 años para los hombres y 50,7 años para las mujeres. El 54,8% de los hombres mostró alguna alteración de la calidad de vida, mostrando mayor alteración en las sub- escalas somatovege-tativa y sexual. Al comparar los puntajes de los hombres en las tres sub- escalas, con la percepción de sus parejas, hubo diferencias significativas sólo en la sub-escala psicológica (p<0,01). Conclusión: No existen diferencias significativas en la percepción que los hombres y sus parejas tienen respecto de calidad de vida relacionada con salud de los hombres durante esta etapa, en los aspectos somatovegetativo y sexual, sólo existe diferencia en el aspecto psicológico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
