[Validation of a questionnaire for measurement of beliefs about the climacteric]. / Validación de un cuestionario para la medición de las creencias sobre el climaterio.
Salud Publica Mex
; 44(5): 385-91, 2002.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To design an instrument for measuring beliefs about the social, psychological, and physiological consequences of women's climacteric stage. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The study included 340 women affiliated to Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado (Institute for Social Services and Security for State Workers, ISSSTE) (age mean = 49.46, (SD 7.92). The mean number of pregnancies in the sample was 3.75 (SD 2.57), and the mean number of born children was 3.21 (SD 2.19); 48% of women were premenopausal, 10.9% perimenopausal, and 40.6% postmenopausal. The instrument consisted of 25 items.RESULTS:
A factorial analysis with Varimax rotation was carried out. Four factors were confirmed disadvantages (alpha = 0.769), advantages (alpha = 0.839), physiological (alpha = 0.659), and psychological (alpha = 0.711).CONCLUSION:
This instrument shows good internal consistency, and measures four climacteric belief groups a) beliefs on disadvantages, b) beliefs on advantages, c) beliefs on physiological ailments, and d) beliefs on psychological symptoms. All three confirmed dimensions of the climacteric phase have been proposed in other studies.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Climaterio
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Cultura
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Salud Publica Mex
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article