PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN CLIMACTERIC WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE

Authors

  • Josilma Silva Nogueira Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Bruna da Silva Oliveira Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Marli Villela Mamede Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Líscia Divana Carvalho Silva Universidade Federal do Maranhão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i2.54075

Keywords:

Climacteric, Menopause, Cardiopathies, Psychology, Psychic symptoms.

Abstract

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 nonparametric
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.

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Published

2018-05-23

How to Cite

Nogueira, J. S., Oliveira, B. da S., Mamede, M. V., & Silva, L. D. C. (2018). PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN CLIMACTERIC WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE. Cogitare Enfermagem, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i2.54075

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2018)

Section

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