폐경기 여성의 정신건강에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Psychiatric Status of Menopausal Women

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A study on psychiatric status on menopausal women was measured by General Health Questionnaire by Goldberge and Hiller on 90 women(control : 40, menopausal women : 50). Questionnaires filled up by patient herself after medical personal interview during the period of February, 1986 to September, 1986. This study was tried to know whether emotional status of menopausal women is somatic symptom. or anxiety & insomnia or social dysfunction or severe depression and General Health Questionnaire is valuable tool for Ob & Gyn patients. The results obtained were as follows :
1. The scores in menopausal women obtained significantly higher in somatic, anxiety and insomnia and severe depressive scales than control group.
2. The scores between spontaneous & sugical menopausal women were noted significant differences. But, in subgroup, the score of somatic symptom and anxiety & insomnia appears to be higher than that of social dysfunction and severe depression
3. The scores between duration of menopause were higher in short period than longer poriod.