Sintomatologia do climatério: intensidade e fatores associados.

Abstract

The climateric is a process characterized for decline of the ovary steroid hormones slid female oldness, who can to unchain or not some neurogenic, psychogenic and metabolic changes, with possibility of social and economic conditions lived for ones to influence in this question. This research had the general objective to understand the climateric's sintomatology, in women who pertain to a Family's Health Unity in Cajazeiras, city of Paraiba. Fifty women between 35 and 65 years old were selected for the research, because it is exploratory, with quantitative character. In September and October of 2011 happened the collect of reports, visiting residences, through of interviews with structured screenplay. The informations collected were processed for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program, presented in tables, with frequency and percentual. The results explain that the intensity of climateric sintomatology was light in 22%, moderated in 68% and accentuated in 10% of the evaluated women, and the prevalent manifestations were the nervosism (62%), headache (46%) and depression (44%). Despite hadn't statistic significance between Kupperman Menopausal Index and the variations age, marital status, scholar level, lace, occupation, bodily activity and menopausal state, was verified that the discoveries confirm a tendency of climateric sintomatology be more strong in women with age above 49 years old, with fixed buddy, with scholar level minor, small lace, housewife and not practice bodily activity. These facts confirm the influence of the socioeconomic factors, gynecologic data and health indicators in intensity of climateric sintomatology, reinforcing the importance of educational and preventive actions conducted to women in climateric, specifically the incentive to practice of regular bodily activity, the treatment of clinic diseases, objectiving assure the health and life's quality of this women.