چکیده:
Introduction: Menopause is one of the stages of life for women that cause a wide variety of symptoms,
effects, and sometimes limitations. Therefore this study aims to describe the psychological symptoms
of postmenopausal women. Method: This is a qualitative study using phenomenological method
on postmenopausal women in the city of Isfahan. The sampling was at first carried out using simple
sampling and later using snowball sampling method. The data gathering tool as interviews carried
out in the office of obstetricians and gynecologists. Data were classified using colaizzi’s seven stage
data analysis method. Results: Various psychological symptoms were reported in the interviews
which can be summarized as irritability, aggression, fatigue, feelings of helplessness, and uselessness.
Conclusion: During the interviews, postmenopausal women mentioned a variety of psychological
symptoms that can cause limitations and hardships and require suitable support and follow‑up.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Olofsson and Collins in a study on 148 Swedish women reported the symptoms of menopause as negative mood, vasomotor, decreased sex drive, and memory and sleep problems.
, by studying 581 women reported that increased depression rate is related to symptoms of menopause and not menopause itself.
studies 200 women in India and reported several psychological symptoms during menopause but saw no significant relation between menopause and depression.
[20] Sadeghani (2004) studies the psychological symptoms of menopause women in Isfahan and Mahshahr and reported these symptoms as depression, frustration, feelings of aging, self‑dissatisfaction, anxiety, impatience, desire to be alone, decreased concentration, and insomnia.
" A summary of description and psychological characteristics of participants at the final stage of the interview The summar y of the psychological experiences of postmenopausal women from menopause is as follows: Feeling old (10 people), feeling alone and introvert (10 people), depression (7 people), anxiety and rapid heart rate (7 people), boredom (6 people), aggression (5 people), tiredness (5 people), crying without reason (4 people), becoming demanding (4 people), inability in carrying out certain works (4 people), feeling useless (3 people), irritability and sensitivity (2 people), feeling senile (2 people), lying, fear, reduced memory, reduced self‑ esteem, and increased self‑esteem (1 person each).
Discussion In the interviews carried out in order to describe the psychological experiences of postmenopausal women, most participants reported psychological symptoms such as feeling old, feeling alone, depression, anxiety, and irritability during menopause.