The Climacterium and its relation to health and work Environment - doi:10.5020/18061230.2006.p140

Authors

  • Sandra Mara Brasil Soares Cavalcante Universidade de Fortaleza
  • Ana Maria Fontenelle Catrib Universidade de Fortaleza
  • Raimunda Magalhães da Silva Universidade de Fortaleza
  • Mirna Albuquerque Frota Universidade de Fortaleza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5020/974

Keywords:

Saúde da mulher, Climatério, Carga de trabalho, Ambiente de trabalho.

Abstract

The climacterium consists in a period of signs and symptoms that may reflect in some way in the lives of women, both in a familiar point of view as well as in a professional one. This study had the aim of analyzing the interferences of problems experienced by a woman in climacterium and their relation to health and work environment. It was a descriptiveexploratory research with a qualitative approach and it was carried out with 26 women in the age group of 40 to 57 years old. The informers were health professionals from a public institution of Ceará State. There were applied semi-structured interviews and the data were arranged into categories: the knowledge regarding the physiological transformations of climacterium and its relation to health; the climacterium’s interference in work. The results revealed that despite the knowledge level of the participants regarding the body’s physiological changes, they, nevertheless, had difficulty in accepting this natural physiological process during this phase of life. We conclude that the symptoms presented and experienced during daily life interfere in a negative way in the accomplishment of work-related activities and also in woman’s health

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Author Biographies

Sandra Mara Brasil Soares Cavalcante, Universidade de Fortaleza

Fisioterapeuta, Mestre em Educação em Saúde – UNIFOR, Professora Adjunta da Universidade de Fortaleza.

Ana Maria Fontenelle Catrib, Universidade de Fortaleza

Pedagoga, Doutora em Educação – UFBA, Professora Titular do Mestrado em Educação em Saúde e do Curso de Pedagogia da Universidade de Fortaleza.

Raimunda Magalhães da Silva, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem e Coordenadora do Mestrado de Educação em Saúde da UNIFOR e colaboradora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da UFC.

Mirna Albuquerque Frota, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem – UFC, Professora do Mestrado em Educação em Saúde e do Curso de Enfermagem da UNIFOR.

Published

2012-01-04

How to Cite

Cavalcante, S. M. B. S., Catrib, A. M. F., Silva, R. M. da, & Frota, M. A. (2012). The Climacterium and its relation to health and work Environment - doi:10.5020/18061230.2006.p140. Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion, 19(3), 140–147. https://doi.org/10.5020/974

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