Influence of a climacteric psychoprophylaxis program in the climacteric symptoms of women attended at a Huaraz hospital, 2016

• Autor: Flores-Tiznado, Flora
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Sociedad Materno Fetal
• Repositorio: Revista Internacional de Salud Materno Fetal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs.revistamaternofetal.com:article/187
• Enlace del recurso: http://ojs.revistamaternofetal.com/index.php/RISMF/article/view/187
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Programa; Psicoprofilaxis del climaterio; Sintomatología

Objective: To evaluate the influence of the application of a climacteric psychoprophylaxis program on the intensity of symptomatology of climacteric women treated at the "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes" Hospital in Carhuaz, in Huaraz, during 2016. Material and methods: A quasi-experimental, prospective and comparative study was carried out in a sample of 30 women for each group (experimental and control). The questionnaire of the Cuban scale was used to classify the intensity of the climacteric symptomatology. The information was processed through the SPSS program, using the proportions difference test and the Stuart-Maxwell chi square for the analysis. Results: After the intervention, there was an increase in the number of asymptomatic women with respect to vasomotor (33.4%), psychological (40%), genitourinary (36.7%), general (40%) and clinical symptoms. (36.7%); finding that the proposed program significantly influenced (p <0.05) in the reduction of symptomatology in all the dimensions studied. Conclusions: It was concluded that the application of the climacteric psychoprophylaxis program significantly influences the reduction of the intensity of climacteric women's symptoms in the "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes" Hospital in Carhuaz.