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- Title
Does social support affect menopausal symptoms in menopausal women?
- Authors
Polat, Filiz; Orhan, Ilksen; Şimşek Küçükkelepçe, Didem
- Abstract
Purpose: To determine the effect of perceived social support of menopausal women on their menopausal complaints. Design and Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 505 women. The data were obtained using personal information form, menopause rating scale, and multidimensional scale of perceived social support. Frequency, percentage, t test, analysis of variance Skewness and Kurtosis (±1) and correlation were used in the analysis of the data. Findings: In the study, it was found that there was a positive and significant relationship between menopausal symptoms and social support, and menopausal symptoms decreased as social support increased. Practice Implications: Nurses should provide consultancy for women to increase their social support systems to decrease their menopausal complaints.
- Subjects
MENOPAUSE &; psychology; RESEARCH; SOCIAL support; ANALYSIS of variance; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; T-test (Statistics); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL correlation; DATA analysis software; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2022, Vol 58, Issue 3, p1062
- ISSN
0031-5990
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppc.12899