Biomaterial Database

The correlation between menopausal complaints and personality traits. 2018

Ilksen Orhan Ergin, and Yurdagül Yağmur

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.

OBJECTIVE Aim is to investigate the correlation between personality traits of menopausal women and their menopausal complaints. METHODS This cross-sectional and correlation study was conducted with 400 menopausal Turkish women. RESULTS A positive correlation was determined between extroversion/introversion scores of Cervantes Personality Scale (CPS) and somatic and urogenital subscale scores of Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), and between emotional instability/neuroticism scores of CPS and all subscale scores of MRS. CONCLUSIONS Considering the effect of personality traits on menopausal symptoms, affected groups can be identified in advance and menopausal complaints can be reduced by increasing support.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D010551	Personality	Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.	Personalities
D003430	Cross-Sectional Studies	Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.	Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001526	Behavioral Symptoms	Observable manifestations of impaired psychological functioning.	Behavioral Symptom,Symptom, Behavioral,Symptoms, Behavioral
D014421	Turkey	Country in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. The capital is Ankara.	Turkiye
D052776	Female Urogenital Diseases	Pathological processes of the female URINARY TRACT and the reproductive system (GENITALIA, FEMALE).	Female Genitourinary Diseases,Female Genitourinary Disease,Female Urogenital Disease,Genitourinary Disease, Female,Genitourinary Diseases, Female,Urogenital Disease, Female,Urogenital Diseases, Female