TY - JOUR
T1 - Menopausal Symptoms
T2 - Is Spirituality Associated with the Severity of Symptoms?
AU - Pimenta, Filipa
AU - Maroco, João
AU - Ramos, Catarina
AU - Leal, Isabel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was funded by the Portuguese Fundac¸ão Portuguesa para a Ciência e Tecnologia (grant SFRH/BD/32359/2006). We thank Raquel Oliveira for proofreading the manuscript.
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - 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 (β = -.414; p < .001), anxiety (β = -.308; p < .001), cognitive impairment (β = -.287; p < .001), aches/pain (β = -.148; p < .001), vasomotor (β = -.125; p = .005) and sexual symptoms (β = -.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.
AB - 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 (β = -.414; p < .001), anxiety (β = -.308; p < .001), cognitive impairment (β = -.287; p < .001), aches/pain (β = -.148; p < .001), vasomotor (β = -.125; p = .005) and sexual symptoms (β = -.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.
KW - Menopause symptoms
KW - Spirituality
KW - Structural equation modeling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902464073&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10943-013-9696-z
DO - 10.1007/s10943-013-9696-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 23471772
AN - SCOPUS:84902464073
SN - 0022-4197
VL - 53
SP - 1013
EP - 1024
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
IS - 4
ER -