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Menopausal symptoms: Is spirituality associated with the severity of symptoms?
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The aim of this study was to explore whether spirituality was associated with
menopausal symptoms. Menopausal symptoms, spirituality, health and menopausal status,
and socio-demographic variables were assessed in a community sample of 710 peri- and
postmenopausal women. A structural model was explored using structural equation
modeling. The results evidence spirituality as a significant contributor regarding the
severity of most menopausal symptoms. Among others, spirituality had a significant weight
in depressive mood (b = -.414; p\.001), anxiety (b = -.308; p<.001), cognitive
impairment (b = -.287; p<.001), aches/pain (b = -.148; p<.001), vasomotor (b =
-.125; p = .005) and sexual symptoms (b = -.211; p<.001). Some socio-demographic
variables, as well as perceived health, also predicted the menopausal symptoms’ severity.
Therefore, spirituality can have a positive impact on the menopausal symptoms’ reporting.
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Menopause symptoms Spirituality Structural equation modeling
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Journal of Religion & Health, 52 (1), 12 pages