The Association Between Hot Flashes, Quality of Life, and Sexual Satisfaction Among Menopausal Women

Year 2024, Issue: 22, 204 - 220, 30.04.2024

Saliha Yurtçiçek Eren , Mukaddes Turan Miral , Ömer Yıldırım , Şükran Başgöl

https://doi.org/10.38079/igusabder.1340655

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to determine the association between hot flashes, sexual satisfaction, and quality of life among menopausal women.
Method: This cross-sectional study consisted of 492 menopausal women aged 45 years and above who lived in a city in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. The data were collected using the personal data form, the Menopause-Specific Hot Flash Scale, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women.
Results: A strong positive significant association was found between the Menopause-Specific Hot Flash Scale and the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (r = .694, p<0.000). A weak negative significant association was found between the Menopause-Specific Hot Flash Scale and the Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women (r= -.189, p<0.000). A weak negative significant association was found between the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire and Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women (r= -.291, p<0.000).
Conclusion: According to the findings, as women are affected by hot flashes, their quality of life is affected similarly. Complaints about hot flashes and quality of life negatively affect sexual satisfaction.

Keywords

Hot flash, menopause, quality of life, sexual satisfaction

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Menopoz Dönemindeki Kadınlarda Sıcak Basmaları, Yaşam Kalitesi ve Cinsel Doyum Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, menopoz dönemindeki kadınlarda sıcak basması, yaşam kalitesi ve cinsel doyum arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Bu kesitsel araştırma, Türkiye'nin Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'nde bir ilde yaşayan 45 yaş ve üzeri menopoz dönemindeki 492 kadını kapsamaktadır. Veriler, kişisel bilgi formu, Menopoza Özgü Ateş Basması Ölçeği, Menopoza Özgü Yaşam Kalitesi Anketi ve Kadınlar için Cinsel Doyum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı.
Bulgular: Menopoza Özgü Ateş Basması Ölçeği ile Menopoza Özgü Yaşam Kalitesi Anketi arasında güçlü pozitif anlamlı ilişki bulunurken (r = ,694; p<0,000). Menopoza Özgü Ateş Basması Ölçeği ile Kadınlar İçin Cinsel Doyum Ölçeği arasında zayıf negatif anlamlı bir ilişki bulundu (r= -,189;p<0,000). Menopoza Özgü Yaşam Kalitesi Anketi ile Kadınlar İçin Cinsel Doyum Ölçeği arasında zayıf negatif anlamlı bir ilişki bulundu (r= -,291;p<0,000).
Sonuç: Bulgulara göre kadınlarda sıcak basması şikayetleri arttıkça, menopozal şikayetlerinin de artmakta, cinsel doyumları ise azalmaktadır. Menopozal şikayetler artıkça da cinsel doyum azalmaktadır.

Keywords

Sıcak basması, menopoz, yaşam kalitesi, cinsel doyum

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