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Attitudes towards menopause and depression, body image of women during menopause

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dc.contributor.author Erbil, Nulufer
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-16T08:23:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-16T08:23:33Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajme.2017.05.012
dc.identifier.uri http://earsiv.odu.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/handle/11489/1817
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Menopause is an important and normal developmental process in a woman's life. During menopause women experience physical, psychological and social changes. Objective: Aim of the study was to investigate attitude towards menopause, body image and depression level of Turkish women in menopause. Methods: The data of this descriptive and cross-sectional study were collected via questionnaire form, Attitude towards Menopause Scale (ATMS), Body Image Scale (BIS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: 54.1% of women held negative attitudes towards this transition. The rate of women who fit the borderline evaluation for depression was 27.5%. Women with low depressive symptom severity and positive attitudes towards menopause had higher positive body image scores. Women with positive attitudes towards menopause had a more positive body image and they experienced lower depressive symptoms. ATMS, BIS and BDI scores of women in naturally menopause who had not had menstruation for at least one year or who had entered menopause due to surgery were compared; menopause attitude scores and body image scores of women in naturally menopause was significantly more positive. There was a significant positive correlation between ATMS and BIS scores of women in menopause, also there was a significant negative correlation between MAS and BDI scores of women. Conclusions: Women with an optimistic attitude towards menopause tend to have a more positive body image and their depression level is lower. (C) 2017 Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND en_US
dc.relation.isversionof 10.1016/j.ajme.2017.05.012 en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Body image; Depression; Attitudes towards menopause; Menopause, women en_US
dc.title Attitudes towards menopause and depression, body image of women during menopause en_US
dc.type article en_US
dc.relation.journal ALEXANDRIA JOURNAL OF MEDICINE en_US
dc.contributor.department Ordu Üniversitesi en_US
dc.contributor.authorID 0000-0003-3586-6237 en_US
dc.identifier.volume 54 en_US
dc.identifier.issue 3 en_US
dc.identifier.startpage 241 en_US
dc.identifier.endpage 246 en_US


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