| ObjectiveThis article is mainly about to research and analyze the influences on the symptoms of female climacteric state and living quality by the personality and body constitution, thereby relieving the climacteric symptoms and improving the quality of their lives.MethodsA quantitative research method with questionnaire survey was adopted in this study which randomly collected350menopausal women from the communities and public institutions of the Dongcheng, Xicheng, and Haidian districts in Beijing. Among the questionnaires,"Five-Five Pattern Constitution Inventory","Five-Pattern Personality Inventory","Kupperman Index" and "WHOQOL-BREF",317are valid. All valid data were analyzed through SPSS17.0to explore the effects on the female climacteric state and living quality made by the characteristics and body constitution.Results1. The research of female climacteric symptoms shows that, depression (88.44%), dizziness (76.01%) and insomnia (70.03%) are more common. There are other symptoms are like fevering and sweating (68.14%), emotional (67.51%), and the incidence rate of heart palpitation is lowest,21.45%.2. More than50%of menopausal women had a better subjective feeling for their whole quality of life and their physical condition.3. The correlation research between Five-Five Pattern Constitution and Five-Pattern Personality of menopausal women:The Taiyang personality were significantly positively related to the yang hot constitution (P<0.01), and negatively related to yang insufficient constitution, phlegm constitution and blood insufficient constitution (P<0.01, P<0.05). Shaoyang personality showed positive correlation with normal constitution and yang hot constitution (P<0.01), and showed negative correlation with yang insufficient constitution, enegery insufficient constitution, blood insufficient constitution, and hemo stasis constitution (P<0.01, P<0.05). Yin-Yang Balanced personality showed positive correlation with normal constitution (P<0.05), and showed negative correlation with wet tended constitution and hemo stasis constitution (P<0.01, P<0.05). Taiyin personality showed negative correlation with normal constitution (P<0.01), showed negative correlation with other constitutions except yang hot constitution (P<0.01). Shaoyang personality showed no significant correlation with any constitution.4. The relationship between personality and menopausal symptoms:Compared with the mild menopausal symptoms, the more serious menopausal symptoms, the higher score for Taiyin personality (P<0.01). And various menopausal symptoms are closely related to personality. To be specific and respectively, Taiyang personality of the person who tend to possess the symptoms of hectic fever and sweating score relative higher(P<0.05); Shaoyang personality of the person who tend to possess the symptoms of depressive state, vertigo, pain during sex and genitourinary tract symptom score relative lower(P<0.01, P<0.05); the Yin-Yang Balanced personality of the person who tend to possess the symptoms of temperamental moods, vertigo and pain during sex score relative lower(P<0.05); the Shaoyin personality of the person who tend to possess temperamental moods score relative lower (P<0.05); the Taiyin personality of the person who tend to possess other menopausal symptoms except for the the weakness and formication score completely higher (P<0.01, P<0.05).5. The relationship between constitution and menopausal symptoms:Compared with the mild menopausal symptoms, the normal constitution and wind tended constitution of severe menopausal symptoms tend to reach an obvious lower condition (P<0.01), while yin cold constitution, yang insufficient constitution, yin insufficient constitution, wet tended constitution, dryness tended constitution, enegery insufficient constitution, blood insufficient constitution, enegery stasis constitution and hemo stasis constitution tend to reach an obvious higher condition (P<0.01). Each and every physical types describes different relationships from the menopausal symptoms. To be specific, the normal constitution attached to the person who suffer from any of the menopausal symptoms tend to score relative lower (P<0.01, P<0.05); yang hot constitution with the person who possess the symptoms of depressive state, vertigo and paresthesia tend to score relative lower (P<0.01, P<0.05); yin cold constitution attached to the person who possess the symptoms of insomnia, pain during sex, paresthesia, temperamental moods and joint or muscle pain tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); yang insufficient constitution associated to the person who suffer from the symptoms of insomnia, pain during sex, paresthesia, temperamental moods, lacking in strength, joint or muscle pain, headache and genitourinary tract symptom tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); yin insufficient constitution and dryness tended constitution with the person who possess any other menopausal symptoms except for palpitation and formication tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); wet tended constitution attached to the person who suffer from the symptoms of paresthesia, insomnia, headache, pain during sex, temperamental moods, depressive state, vertigo, joint or muscle pain and genitourinary tract symptom tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); phlegm constitution with the person who possess the pain during sex tend to score relative higher (P<0.01); wind tended constitution attached to the person who tend to possess any other menopausal symptoms except for temperamental moods tend to score relative lower (P<0.01, P<0.05); enegery insufficient constitution with the person who suffer from the symptoms of insomnia, depressive state, pain during sex, joint or muscle pain and genitourinary tract symptom tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); blood insufficient constitution attached to the person who suffer from any other menopausal symptoms except for hectic fever and sweating, palpitation, vertigo tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); enegery stasis constitution attached to the person who possess the symptoms of any other menopausal symptoms except for palpitation and headache tend to score relative higher (P<0.01, P<0.05); hemo stasis constitution attached to the person who suffer from hectic fever and sweating, palpitation and formication tend to score relative higher (P<0.01,P<0.05)..6. The influence made on the quality of life by the personality and body constitution shows that:for the personality, Shaoyang personality and Yinyang Balanced personality were positively related to the quality of life (p<0.01, p<0.05), Taiyang personality was negatively related to the quality of life (p<0.01). For the constitution, normal constitution and wind tended constitution were positively related to the quality of life(P<0.01), other constitutions were all negatively related to the quality of life (p<0.01).7. The analysis of the relationship between the menopausal female and the quality of life shows that, as to the quality of the life, which on the physical domain, environmental area and public relation, the more severe the symptoms, the lower the quality of life.8. The analysis if the effects made on the quality of life by the Five-Pattern personality and constitution through using the stepwise regression methods shows that, normal constitution, yin insufficient constitution, energy insufficient constitution, Shaoyin personality and Taiyin personality were significant predictors of menopausal symptoms style. A regression equation was built with multiple stepwise regression analysis, which is based on the personality, constitution and symptom, as independent variables, and quality of life, as the dependent variable. The result shows that the Taiyang personality, normal constitution, energy stasis constitution, and Yin-Yang Balanced personality were significant predictors of the quality of life style.Conclusion1. Over95%menopausal women have the climacteric symptoms and the depression, vertigo, and insomnia are more common.2. The analysis of the relationship between personalities and body constitution shows that the physical and emotions are interacted.3. Both personality and body constitution can affect the climacteric symptoms especially the Taiyang personality and biased constitutions. Building a forecasting regression equation need the symptoms index, the dependent variable, and the personality and constitution, the independent variables. In addition, the period and the age can also make some influences on the menopause.4. Personality and the body constitution can make effect on the life quality of menopausal female:after the analysis of the research, Shaoyang personality, Yinyang Balanced personality, normal constitution and wind tended constitution are positively related to the quality of life. Besides, Taiyang personality and biased constitutions (except yang hot constitution and phlegm constitution) are negatively related to the quality of the life. 5. According to the variance and related analysis, the climacteric symptoms can lower the quality of life. Moreover, the education background, occupation can all affect the quality of life.6. Through the stepwise regression analysis, Taiyang personality, normal constitution, energy stasis constitution, and Yin-Yang Balanced personality are the principle factors which affect the quality of life. However, there is no symptoms index shown in the model, which means that the personality and constitution make the greater influences on the quality of life. |
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