Fatores associados à autoavaliação da saúde de mulheres de meia idade

• Ano de defesa: 2021
• Autor(a) principal: Barroso, Bárbara Maria Antunes
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Brasil; Faculdade de Enfermagem (FAEN); UFMT CUC - Cuiabá; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mulheres; Meia-idade; Saúde; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM; Women; Middle-age; Health
• Link de acesso: http://ri.ufmt.br/handle/1/6073

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The longevity of women is a phenomenon that accompanies population aging. Midlife, between 40 and 59 years of age, is a period of great physical, affective, sexual, family and occupational transformations linked to the aging process. Although they live longer, women are not necessarily healthier. Studies on self-rated health (SRH), a health indicator that monitors the population's health conditions, reveal that women tend to perceive their health status more negatively than men. Little has been investigated about negative ASA in middle-aged women and the factors that are associated with it. Objective: To assess factors associated with self-rated health in middle-aged women seen at a climacteric clinic. Methodology: Cross-sectional, analytical study developed with 116 women treated at the climacteric outpatient clinic of the Hospital Universitário Júlio Muller (HUJM), Cuiabá-MT, from March 2015 to March 2020. Data were collected through telephone interviews during the period from October 2020 to January 2021, using a questionnaire with questions about sociodemographic characteristics, health and psychosocial conditions. Bivariate analysis was performed between the negative SRH variable and as, and the independent variables were verified using Pearson's chi-square test. Variables that were associated with a p-value <0.20 were selected for entry into the Poisson multiple regression model with robust variance. Prevalence ratios (PR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CI 95) were estimated. %). Results: Most middle-aged women in this study (54.31%) had negative SRH. The variable that showed significance with the outcome was menopause symptoms (p=0.00), identified in the severe menopause symptoms category PR= 2.95 (95% CI 1.38- 6.33). Conclusion: This research showed that most middle-aged women studied had negative SRH, which is probably due to the various aspects that permeate these women's lives. The factor associated with negative SRH was severe climacteric symptoms which usually impact women's perception of health due to their discomfort. These results provide subsidies to better understand women in this age group and the aspects that affect their health. In addition, they point to the need for health professionals to propose strategies to better welcome and assist women at this stage of life.