Abstract
BackgroundPracticing perimenopausal health promotion is an important key stage for the healthy life of the coming elderly. However, there are few studies conducted on these women's subjective health concerns. Getting insight into their health concerns can help women implement their own health promotion lives.AimsThe goal is to generate data from the in-depth interview for perimenopausal women based on their perceptions, beliefs, values, and feelings regarding perimenopausal women’s subjective health concerns.Methods:The qualitative research by using content analysis was applied. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 perimenopausal women with a mean age of 51.31 years. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the interview data.ResultsTwo themes and their subthemes were identified: (a) “Evaluating Health” - “Suspecting a menopausal disease or illness”, “Easily feel tired, lack energy, and feel not as strong as before”, “Worried about my abnormal physiological data” and (b) “Remaining Young” – “Worried that I lost my female characteristics and reproductive function”, “Weight loss is the focus of life, but it is not easy to achieve.”Conclusion“Evaluating Health” and “Remaining Young” are two health concerns for perimenopausal women. It is crucial for health providers to advocate these two concerns as slogans for perimenopausal health promotion women.
Highlights
Against the background of aging populations, the population of middle-aged and older women has been growing
The constant comparative method was used to analyze the interview data. Two themes and their subthemes were identified: (a) “Evaluating Health” - “Suspecting a menopausal disease or illness”, “ feel tired, lack energy, and feel not as strong as before”, “Worried about my abnormal physiological data” and (b) “Remaining Young” – “Worried that I lost my female characteristics and reproductive function”, “Weight loss is the focus of life, but it is not easy to achieve.”
The results of the study indicated that the two main health concerns, “evaluating health” and “remaining young,” are core values for perimenopausal women
Summary
Against the background of aging populations, the population of middle-aged and older women has been growing. According to a World Health Organization report (WHO,2019), the global life expectancy for women was 74.2 years in 2019, and the global population of perimenopausal women was expected to exceed 1.2 billion by 2030. Menopause is a point in time 12 months after a woman's last period (National Institutes of Health[NIH],2017). The WHO (1996) divides the change in a woman’s menstrual cycle into three stages. A woman experiences endocrine and physiological changes, clinical symptoms that signal the imminence of menopause, and irregular menstrual cycles; perimenopause ends 1 year after menopause occurs. Practicing perimenopausal health promotion is an important key stage for the healthy life of the coming elderly. There are few studies conducted on these women's subjective health concerns. Getting insight into their health concerns can help women implement their own health promotion lives
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