Sylwia Wieder-Huszla, Małgorzata Szkup, Anna Jurczak, Agnieszka Samochowiec, Jerzy Samochowiec, Marzanna Stanisławska, Iwona Rotter, Beata Karakiewicz, Elżbieta Grochans
UNLABELLED: Numerous studies show that changes occurring in a woman's organism during menopause may lower her quality of life. This study involved 630 healthy postmenopausal women from Poland. Its purpose was to assess their quality of life in relation to socio-demographic variables, medical data and personality profiles. The authors used the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) to assess quality of life, the NEO-Five Factor Inventory to measure personality traits, and the Blatt-Kupperman Menopausal Index to estimate severity of climacteric symptoms...
June 26, 2014: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health