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Information sources, menopause beliefs, and health complaints of midlife Filipinas. 1999

J A Berg, and J G Lipson

College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. jberg@rn1.nursing.arizona.edu

Although the perimenopausal transition is a universal experience for women who live long enough, its cross-cultural variations have been explored only recently. In this study, we investigated some of the expectations and health beliefs of 165 midlife Filipina Americans using focus groups and a short-answer questionnaire. Participants reported on (a) how they learned about menopause, (b) who they talked to about menopause symptoms or issues, (c) how Filipino women and men feel about menopause, and (d) the most common health complaints of midlife Filipinas. Findings revealed that midlife Filipina Americans primarily obtain their information from and talk about menopause with female relatives and friends. They usually viewed menopause as a normal life phase, yet knew less about how Filipino men feel about menopause. Health complaints of midlife Filipinas were mainly estrogen-related menopause symptoms and negative affect symptoms.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007722	Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice	Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).	Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
D008297	Male		Males
D008571	Men	Human males as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities.	Boys
D008593	Menopause	The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.	Change of Life, Female
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010679	Philippines	A country in southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, and east of Vietnam. The capital is Manila.	Philipines,Phillipines,Phillippines
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D002140	California	State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D005260	Female		Females
D006266	Health Education	Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.	Community Health Education,Education, Health,Education, Community Health,Health Education, Community