Table 3.
Stress factors in peri-menopausal women with undefined symptoms
|
Investigation period |
1994–1996 |
1997–2000 |
Significance |
Odds ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
n = 284 |
n = 191 |
|||
| Ratio of the consciousness of stress |
70.0% |
72.8% |
||
| 199/284 | 139/191 | |||
| Stress factors |
|
|
|
|
| (Item) |
|
|
|
|
| Conditional problems |
55.8% |
54.0% |
NS |
0.97 |
| Workplace problems |
11.1% |
25.9% |
P = 0.003 |
2.33 |
| Spousal problems |
23.6% |
31.7% |
NS |
1.49 |
| (Spousal relationship problems) |
12.6% |
22.3% |
P = 1.146 |
1.77 |
| Problems associated with children |
19.6% |
35.3% |
P = 0.014 |
1.80 |
| (Attitude problems and concerns about the prospective life of the child [children]) |
10.1% |
22.3% |
P = 0.008 |
2.21 |
| Parental problems |
16.6% |
24.5% |
NS |
1.48 |
| Problems associated with the nursing of parents | 8.0% | 15.1% | P = 0.048 | 1.89 |