A THEORETICAL MODEL OF THE PERIMENOPAUSAL PROCESS
作者:
Agatha A. Quinn,
期刊:
Journal of Nurse‐Midwifery
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 1
页码: 25-29
ISSN:0091-2182
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1016/0091-2182(91)90018-K
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTThe purpose of this qualitative investigation was to generate theory grounded in the responses of perimenopausal women about the process of menopause. A purposive sample of 12 perimenopausal women was interviewed to discover the menopausal process. Data were generated from interviews, two‐month daily logs, and field notes. A substantive theory of integrating a Changing Me identified the perimenopausal process, which included four categories: Tuning Into Me, My Body and Moods, which described the awareness of physical and emotional changes that initiated the beginnings of menopause; Facing a Paradox of Feelings, which reflected the thoughts, perceptions, and feelings experienced by perimenopausal women; Contrasting impressions, which described the assimilation of information and the formulation of the woman's own personal meaning; and Making Adjustments, which included changes made by the women in response to this process. Implications for health care and education of perimenopausal women are discusse
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