Table 4.

Assessing the climacteric symptoms’ influence on life.

Type of Experience	Climacteric Symptoms’ Influence on Life		Climacteric Symptoms’ Influence on Life in Relation to the Intensity of Symptoms
			No Symptoms		Slight		Moderate/Severe		Statistical Analysis
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Feeling of success	3.64	1.05	3.44	0.96	3.62	1.03	3.86	1.14	H = 4.93
									p = 0.09
Feeling of failure	3.42	1.20	3.85	0.98	3.33	1.17	3.02	1.31	H=10.79
									p = 0.005
Feeling that opportunities are still available	3.35	1.10	3.20	1.05	3.16	1.02	3.69	1.16	H = 7.75
									p = 0.02
Feeling that opportunities have been lost	3.26	1.28	3.87	0.95	3.18	1.35	2.65	1.23	H = 22.90
									p < 0.0001
Feeling that youth and beauty pass	2.39	1.29	2.98	1.27	2.11	1.15	1.98	1.22	F = 10.36
									p < 0.001