SINTOMAS PSICOLÓGICOS EM MULHERES CLIMATÉRICAS CARDIOPATAS

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Josilma Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Bruna da Silva, Mamede, Marli Villela, Silva, Líscia Divana Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/54075
• topic: Climatério; Menopausa; Cardiopatias; Psicologia; Sintomas psíquicos.; Climacteric; Menopause; Cardiopathies; Psychology; Psychic symptoms.; Climaterio; Menopausia; Cardiopatías; Psicología; Síntomas psíquicos.

Objective: to investigate psychological climacteric symptoms in women with heart disease. Method: a quantitative study, carriedout at a University Hospital in the Northeast of Brazil, from October 2016 to January 2017. A total of 221 climacteric women with heartdisease were interviewed at the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed, association with the nonparametricChi-square test of independence (c2) and Spearman’s correlation test, with the use of the SPSS Statistics 20 program. Results:there was a predominance of very intense climacteric symptoms such as anguish/anxiety, 75 (33.9%); physical and mental exhaustion, 61(27.6%); depressed mood, 54 (24.4%); nervousness, 59 (26.7%); and insomnia, 45 (20.4%). There were significant associations amongthe psychological climacteric symptoms and between the psychological symptoms and depression. Conclusion: psychological climactericsymptoms appear to make women more prone to emotional disorders, aggravated by the existence of a chronic disease such as cardiopathy.