PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN CLIMACTERIC WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE

Objective: to investigate psychological climacteric symptoms in women with heart disease. Method: a quantitative study, carried out at a University Hospital in the Northeast of Brazil, from October 2016 to January 2017. A total of 221 climacteric women with heart disease were interviewed at the Card...

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Published inCogitare enfermagem Vol. 23; no. 2; p. e54075
Main Authors Josilma Silva Nogueira, Bruna da Silva Oliveira, Marli Villela Mamede, Líscia Divana Carvalho Silva
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidade Federal do Paraná 01.06.2018
Subjects
Cardiopathies
Climacteric
Menopause
Psychic symptoms
Psychology
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Summary:Objective: to investigate psychological climacteric symptoms in women with heart disease. Method: a quantitative study, carried out at a University Hospital in the Northeast of Brazil, from October 2016 to January 2017. A total of 221 climacteric women with heart disease were interviewed at the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic.Descriptive statistical analysis was performed, association with the non-parametric Chi-square test of independence (c2) and Spearman’s correlation test, with the use of the SPSS Statistics 20 program. Results: there was a predominance of very intense climacteric symptoms such as anguish/anxiety, 75 (33.9%); physical and mental exhaustion, 61 (27.6%); depressed mood, 54 (24.4%); nervousness, 59 (26.7%); and insomnia, 45 (20.4%). There were significant associations among the psychological climacteric symptoms and between the psychological symptoms and depression. Conclusion: psychological climacteric symptoms appear to make women more prone to emotional disorders, aggravated by the existence of a chronic disease such as cardiopathy.
ISSN:1414-8536
2176-9133
DOI:10.5380/ce.v23i2.54075