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- Title
Identification of Symptom Clusters Among Midlife Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome.
- Authors
Min, Se Hee; Docherty, Sharron L.; Im, Eun-Ok; Yang, Qing
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify and compare symptom clusters in midlife menopausal women with and without metabolic syndrome based on symptom occurrence and severity dimension through secondary data analysis of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Exploratory factor analysis was used to group symptoms that are highly correlated with each other and verified by confirmatory factor analysis. Midlife menopausal women with metabolic syndrome (n = 424) experienced mental health, vasomotor, and somatic cluster across both symptom dimensions. In contrast, midlife menopausal women without metabolic syndrome (n = 1022) experienced mental health/sleep/urinary, vasomotor, and somatic cluster for symptom occurrence dimension and mental health/sleep, vasomotor/genital, and somatic cluster for symptom severity dimension. This is the first study to identify symptom clusters in midlife menopausal women with metabolic syndrome, who are at risk for experiencing complex symptoms associated with menopause transition and metabolic syndrome, and to compare symptom clusters to those without metabolic syndrome.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; OBESITY; VAGINAL diseases; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOSOMATIC disorders; URINATION disorders; DIZZINESS; WOMEN; SEVERITY of illness index; SLEEP disorders; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); METABOLIC syndrome; QUESTIONNAIRES; FACTOR analysis; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MUSCULOSKELETAL pain; MENTAL depression; AFFECTIVE disorders; URINARY incontinence; MENOPAUSE; DATA analysis software; HOT flashes; ANXIETY; HEADACHE; SECONDARY analysis; MENTAL illness; DISEASE complications; MIDDLE age
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 9, p838
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01939459211018824