Assistência à mulher climatérica: novos paradigmas

Abstract

Population aging is a demographic reality for Brazil. Consequently, in the next years it is expected a progressive increase in seeking health care services in the country by women with complaints related to climacterium. Parallel to it, assistance at this part of woman's life has been going through a paradigm shift which has imposed to health professionals a change of attitude in relation to this stage of woman's life. Today it is acknowledged that the climacterium is influenced by biological, psychosocial and cultural factors, whose knowledge is fundamental for planning a more qualified and humanized care. This article proposes a reflection on the paradigm shifts in assistance at climacterium, highlighting important aspects as multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity, so as to serve better this portion of population, and provide it with more integrated and individualized care, bringing together knowledge and sensitivity, and always aiming at a better quality of life.

Sintomatologia E Modificações No Cotidiano Das Mulheres No Período Do Climatério

“…Como consequência, esperase, nos próximos anos, um aumento progressivo na procura dos serviços de saúde, inclusive por mulheres com queixas relacionadas ao climatério. Reconhece-se que o climatério é influenciado por fatores biológi-cos, psicossociais e culturais, sendo necessário que o enfermeiro conheça esses fatores para prestar uma assistência mais qualificada, humanizada e eficaz (1) . Entre as fases do ciclo vital feminino, encontra-se o climatério, caracterizado como a passagem da fase reprodutiva para a não reprodutiva, ajustando a mulher às alterações hormonais e emocionais.…”

Climacteric: intensity of symptoms and sexual performance

“…11 Exclusion criteria were applied to: women who made use of oral contraception pills, those who were under a hormone replacement therapy or who were using phytoestrogens, since these substances interfere in the climacteric symptomatology. [11][12] For data collection, the instruments used were: a semi-structured questionnaire containing socioeconomic and demographic data such as age, race, marital status, education, profession and per capita income; the Blatt-Kupperman menopausal index (BKMI); and the Sexual Quotient -female version (SQ-F). [13][14] The BKMI is an instrument that has been already validated in Brazil and it is used to specify and classify climacteric symptoms.…”

O climatério na perspectiva de mulheres

“…Entre el 50% y 70% de las mujeres relatan quejas diversas y dificultades emocionales en los años después de la menopausia, destacando los calores, en función de sensaciones desagradables para la calidad de vida (9). Frecuentemente, el proceso de envejecimiento respecto al modo como la mujer se ve y de cómo es su vivencia personal y sus singularidades.…”