[Validation of a questionnaire for measurement of beliefs about the climacteric]. / Validación de un cuestionario para la medición de las creencias sobre el climaterio.
Salud Publica Mex
; 44(5): 385-91, 2002.
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OBJECTIVE: To design an instrument for measuring beliefs about the social, psychological, and physiological consequences of women's climacteric stage. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 340 women affiliated to Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado (Institute for Social Services and Security for State Workers, ISSSTE) (age mean = 49.46, (SD 7.92). The mean number of pregnancies in the sample was 3.75 (SD 2.57), and the mean number of born children was 3.21 (SD 2.19); 48% of women were premenopausal, 10.9% perimenopausal, and 40.6% postmenopausal. The instrument consisted of 25 items. RESULTS: A factorial analysis with Varimax rotation was carried out. Four factors were confirmed: disadvantages (alpha = 0.769), advantages (alpha = 0.839), physiological (alpha = 0.659), and psychological (alpha = 0.711). CONCLUSION: This instrument shows good internal consistency, and measures four climacteric belief groups: a) beliefs on disadvantages, b) beliefs on advantages, c) beliefs on physiological ailments, and d) beliefs on psychological symptoms. All three confirmed dimensions of the climacteric phase have been proposed in other studies.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Climatério
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Cultura
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Salud Publica Mex
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México