Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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lecturer Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Psychiatric Nursing Department Port-said University , Assistant Professor Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Taibah University, KSA.
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Assistant Professor Maternity, Obstetric, and Gynecological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt
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Professor Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. , Professor Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Taibah University, KSA.
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Assistant Professor Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Taibah University, KSA. , Professor College of Nursing, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Philippines.
Abstract
Background: Menopause is a complicated physiological process that marks the end of a
woman's normal reproductive life, Aim of the study: Determine the correlation between
psychological capital and prevailing menopausal symptoms among the middle-aged women.
Method: Descriptive correlational design was used to determine the relationship between
psychological capital and menopausal symptoms. Convenience sampling was utilized to recruit the
360 menopausal middle-aged women in Port Said, Egypt, from August to October 2021. Results:
Majority of the participants are married, with a mean age of 52.01±9.881, housewife, Muslim, and
obtained college degree. More than half of the participants had three gravida, with more than 3
children and with enough income for daily needs. Prevailing somatic symptom is joint and muscle
discomfort in all phases of menopausal stages. While psychological and urogenital symptoms vary
according to menopausal stages. It was also observed that there are significant relations between all
menopausal symptoms with premenopausal versus perimenopausal and premenopausal versus post-
menopausal (p-value = 0.005), except for sexual problems. There is a high negative correlation
between all menopausal symptoms and domains of psychological capital (p value =0.01).
Conclusion: Menopausal middle-aged women persistently experienced symptoms throughout
menopausal stages. They have low psychological capital concerning hope, optimism, and resilience.
The psychological capital turns out to be lower as the menopausal symptoms persisted across
menopausal stages.
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