Menopausal symptoms among Chinese and Japanese women: differences and similarities
| Autor: | Akiko Jogamoto, Lu Jun Yang, Hiroyuki Yoshimura, Jing Su |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Postmenopausal women business.industry Peri Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Menopause Asian People Japan Canonical Correlation Analysis Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Anxiety Female Analysis of variance Negative correlation medicine.symptom Sexual function business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Menopause. 29:73-81 |
| ISSN: | 1530-0374 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/gme.0000000000001874 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify the characteristics of menopausal symptoms among Japanese and Chinese women and to determine the correlation between menopausal symptoms and self-efficacy. METHODS We surveyed 40- to 59-year-old women, 329 of whom were from an urban area in Northwest China (Xi'an) and 310 were from an urban area in Western Japan (Ehime), using a menopausal symptoms inventory and a self-efficacy scale. Comparison analysis was conducted among pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal status, within and between the two cultural groups. Following a two-way ANOVA, multiple comparisons were performed using the Tukey-Kramer test. The correlation between severity of menopause symptoms and self-efficacy scores was evaluated using canonical correlation analysis. RESULTS The most frequently reported symptoms were fatigue (93.6%) among Japanese women and memory loss (76.6%) among Chinese women. Japanese women showed significantly higher severity scores across all factors than Chinese, sexual function: 19.58 (SE = 0.73) versus 15.04 (SE = 0.67); mental health condition: 35.44 (SE = 1.15) versus 27.12 (SE = 0.95); interpersonal anxiety: 27.45 (SE = 0.95) versus 21.92 (SE = 0.86); autonomic balance: 42.76 (SE = 1.27) versus 35.75 (SE = 1.17); other subjective symptoms: 39.68 (SE = 1.20) versus 33.07 (SE = 1.12) in the premenopausal group (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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