Table 3.
Association between psychologic symptoms and climacteric adjustment dimensions
| Hypochondriasis | Anxiety | Depression | Social impairment | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2adj = 0.11, F = 3.66, P < .0001 | R2adj = 0.16, F = 5.46, p < .0001 | R2adj = 0.08, F = 3.21, P = .003 | R2adj = 0.07, F = 3.26, P = .005 | |||||||||||||
| Beta | Sig | 95% CI | Beta | Sig | 95% CI | Beta | Sig | 95% CI | Beta | Sig | 95% CI | |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||||
| Hot flash | 0.28 | 0.001 | 0.93 | 3.28 | 0.22 | 0.005 | 0.62 | 3.43 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 2.17 | 0.07 | ns | − 0.45 | 1.21 |
| Adjustment | ||||||||||||||||
| Factor 1 | 0.01 | ns | − 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.003 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.05 | ns | − 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.08 | ns | − 0.03 | 0.10 |
| Factor 2 | − 0.09 | ns | − 0.21 | 0.06 | − 0.35 | < 0.0001 | − 0.53 | − 0.21 | − 0.15 | ns | − 0.25 | 0.01 | − 0.17 | 0.04 | − 0.22 | − 0.01 |
| Factor 3 | − 0.04 | ns | − 0.15 | 0.06 | − 0.10 | ns | − 0.23 | 0.04 | − 0.10 | ns | − 0.18 | 0.04 | − 0.16 | 0.04 | − 0.18 | − 0.01 |
| Factor 4 | − 0.03 | ns | − 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.01 | ns | − 0.19 | 0.23 | − 0.14 | ns | − 0.32 | 0.01 | − 0.03 | ns | − 0.17 | 0.11 |
| Factor 5 | − 0.04 | ns | − 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.06 | ns | − 0.40 | 0.17 | − 0.10 | ns | − 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.42 |
| Factor 6 | − 0.18 | 0.04 | − 0.26 | − 0.01 | 0.03 | ns | − 0.20 | 0.12 | − 0.30 | ns | − 0.15 | 0.10 | − 0.20 | 0.01 | − 0.24 | − 0.03 |
Definitions: Factor 1: Reaction to end of menstruation; Factor 2: Perfection; Factor 3: Decline in beauty; Factor 4: Lack of sexual attraction, Factor 5: Decline of femininity; Factor 6: Sexual silence
Abbreviations: adj: adjusted; CI: confidence interval; Sig: significant