중년여성의 폐경기 증상 영향요인: 건강증진생활양식과 배우자 지지를 중심으로

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of health promotion lifestyle and spouse support on menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women. Methods: The data collection was performed from 112 middle-aged women aged 45-60 working at the Seo-gu Healthy Family Support Center and the Seo-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center in G City. The data collection period was from August 1st to August 14th, 2020. Menopause symptoms was measured using Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) Korean version. Health promotion lifestyle evaluated using Health Promoting lifestyle Profile (HPLP-Ⅱ) Korean version. And spouse support was evaluated using a spouse support assessment tool developed in Korea. The collected data were analyzed using the stepwise multiple regression with the SPSS WIN 24.0 program. Results: Middle-aged women's health promotion lifestyle level was 124.07±18.69, and the level of spouse support was 20.31±8.05. The menopausal symptom level was 15.27±8.95. The factors affecting the menopausal symptoms (R2=40.6%, F=18.29, p<.001) and subdomain 1 (body autonomy) of menopausal symptoms (R2=33.0%, F=13.16, p<.001) and subdomain 3 (genitourinary) of menopausal symptoms (R2=53.5%, F=20.13, p<.001) were health responsibility, a subdomain of the health promotion lifestyle. Conclusion: A further study is proposed to understand the menopause symptoms and to develop an intervention program to relieve menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women.