Quality of life and climacteric complaints amongst women seeking medical advice in Taiwan: Assessment using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire

Climacteric

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Lai, J N ^a   Chen, H J ^b   Chen, C M ^c   Chen, P C ^c,d   Wang, J D ^c,d  

^a Municipal Yang Ming Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Municipal Chinese Medical Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climacteric; Determinants; Emotional disturbance; Insomnia; Quality of life; Seeking medical advice; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646468781     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130600635292     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Dennerstein L, Dudley EC, Hopper JL, Guthrie JR, Burger HG. A prospective population-based study of menopausal symptoms. Obstet Gynecol 2000;96:351-8
2. Deeks AA, McCabe MP. Well-being and menopause: an investigation of purpose in life, self-acceptance and social role in pre-menopausal, peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women. Qual Life Res 2004;13:389-98
3. Randolph JF Jr, Sowers M, Gold EB, et al. Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88:1516-22
4. Dennerstein L, Lehert P, Guthrie J. The effects of the menopausal transition and biopsychosocial factors on well-being. Arch Women Ment Health 2002;5:15-22
5. Avis NE, Stellato R, Crawford S, et al. Is there a menopausal syndrome? Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups. Soc Sci Med 2001;52:345-56
6. Pan HA, Wu MH, Hsu CC, Yao BL, Huang KE. The perception of menopause among women in Taiwan. Maturitas 2002;41:269-74
7. Tsao LI. Relieving discomforts: the help-seeking experiences of Chinese perimenopausal women in Taiwan. J Adv Nurs 2002;39:580-8
8. Bonomi AE, Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Martin M. Quality of life measurement: will we ever be satisfied? J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:19-23
9. Hunt SM. The subjective health of older women: measuring outcomes in relation to prevention. Qual Life Res 2000;9:709-19
10. Marciniak A, Niero M. Integrating the patient's views into the measurement of quality of life: examples from the peri- and post-menopausal periods. Qual Life Res 2000;9:775-84
11. Schneider HP, Heinemann LA, Rosemeier HP, Potthoff P, Behre HM. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS): comparison with Kupperman index and quality-of-life scale SF-36. Climacteric 2000;3:50-8
12. Hilditch JR, Lewis J, Peter A, et al. A menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire: development and psychometric properties. Maturitas 1996;24:161-75
13. Wool C, Cerutti R, Marquis P, Cialdella P, Hervie C, ISGQL. Italian Study Group on Quality of Life. Psychometric validation of two Italian quality of life questionnaires in menopausal women. Maturitas 2000;35:129-42
14. WHOQOL Group. Development of the WHOQOL: rationale and current status. Int J Mental Health 1994;23:24-56
15. Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connell KA, WHOQOL Group. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Qual Life Res 2004;13:299-310
16. The WHOQOL-Taiwan Group. Introduction to the development of the WHOQOL-Taiwan version. Taiwan J Public Health 2000;19:315-24
17. Hsiung PC, Fang CT, Chang YY, Chen MY, Wang JD. Comparison of WHOQOL-BREF and SF-36 in patients with HIV infection. Qual Life Res 2005;14:141-50
18. Lai JN. Quality of life as defined by menopausal women use a qualitative approach. Master Thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan University, 2001
19. Shih YT, Hung YT, Chang HY, et al. The design, contents, operation and the characteristics of the respondents of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan. Taiwan J Public Health 2003;22:419-30
20. Lin TH, Chang HY, Weng WS, et al. The National Health Interview Survey information system: an overview. Taiwan J Public Health 2003;22:431-40
21. The WHOQOL-Taiwan Group. The User's Manual of the Development of the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan Version, 1st edn. Taipei: WHOQOL-Taiwan Group, 2001
22. Lin MR, Yao KP, Hwang JS, Wang JD. Scale descriptor selection for Taiwan-version of questionnaire of World Health Organization quality of life. Chinese J Public Health 1999;18:262-70
23. Yao G, Chung CW, Yu CF, Wang JD. Development and verification of validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF Taiwan version. J Formos Med Assoc 2002;101:342-51
24. Yao G, Wu CH. Factorial invariance of the WHOQOL-BREF among disease groups. Qual Life Res 2005;13:933-46
25. Avis NE, Assmann SF, Kravitz HM, Ganz PA, Ory M. Quality of life in diverse groups of midlife women: assessing the influence of menopause, health status and psychosocial and demographic factors. Qual Life Res 2004;13:933-46
26. Lai JN, Hwang JS, Chen HJ, Wang JD. Finished herbal product as an alternative treatment for menopausal symptoms in climacteric women. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:1075-84
27. Gelfand MM, Moreau M, Ayotte NJ, Hilditch JR, Wong BA, Lau CY. Clinical assessment and quality of life of postmenopausal women treated with a new intermittent progestogen combination hormone replacement therapy: a placebo-controlled study. Menopause 2003;10:29-36
28. Kok L, Kreijkamp-Kaspers S, Grobbee DE, Lampe JW, van der Schouw YT. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial on the effects of soy protein containing isoflavones on quality of life in postmenopausal women. Menopause 2005;12:56-62
29. Shulman LP, Harari D. Low-dose transdermal estradiol for symptomatic perimenopause. Menopause 2004;11:34-9
30. Casper RF, Dodin S, Reid RL, et al. The effect of 20 μg ethinyl estradiol/1 mg norethindrone acetate (Minestrin), a low-dose oral contraceptive, on vaginal bleeding patterns, hot flashes, and quality of life in symptomatic perimenopausal women. Menopause 1997;4:139-47
31. Chang C, Chen FL, Hu YH. Women's attitudes toward the menopause. Taiwan J Public Health 1993;12:239-60
32. Wu YH, Lu PC. The research on the poverty of elderly women - the factors of the poverty and major hardships. Master Thesis. Taipei: National Chengchi University, 1997
33. Women's Welfare System. The Report on Women's Status in Taiwan [serial online]. 1997 Mar [cited 2005 Oct 10];1(1):[9 screens]. Available from: URL: http://taiwan.yam.org.tw/womenweb/st/98e/e_status.htm
34. Cheng TM. Taiwan's new national health insurance program: genesis and experience so far. Health Aff (Millwood) 2003;22:61-76
35. Horng C, Huarng F. TQM adoption by hospital in Taiwan. TQM Magazine 2002;13:441-63
36. Stooler MK. The socio-economics of insomnia: the materials and methods. Eur Psychiatry 1997;12:41-8
37. Regestein QR, Friebely J, Shifren JL, et al. Self-reported sleep in postmenopausal women. Menopause 2004;11:198-207
38. Ledesert B, Ringa V, Breart G. Menopause and perceived health status among the women of the French GAZEL cohort. Maturitas 1994;20:113-20
39. Ohayon MM, Hong SC. Prevalence of insomnia and associated factors in South Korea. J Psychosom Res 2002;53:593-600
40. Kawada T, Yosiaki S, Yasuo K, Suzuki S. Population study on the prevalence of insomnia and insomnia-related factors among Japanese women. Sleep Med 2003;4:563-7
41. Mitchell ES, Woods NF. Symptom experiences of midlife women: observations from the Seattle midlife women's health study. Maturitas 1996;25:1-10