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Unraveling the core and bridge menopausal symptoms of perimenopausal women: a network analysis.
Menopause ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 , DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000002431 Tianyu Zhang , Yinglu Wan 1 , Li Geng 1
Menopause ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 , DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000002431 Tianyu Zhang , Yinglu Wan 1 , Li Geng 1
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OBJECTIVE
Perimenopause is the period from the early menopausal transition to 12 months after the final menstrual period. The clustering of menopausal symptoms poses a challenge for perimenopausal management. Core symptoms are targets for interventions that can alleviate other related symptoms. Bridge symptoms are connectors that link related symptom clusters and can improve the effectiveness of interventions. This study aims to construct a network structure of menopausal symptoms and to identify core and bridge symptoms as a reference for future management.
METHODS
Two hundred forty-two Chinese perimenopausal women were included in the survey. The structure and associations of the menopausal symptoms assessed by the Greene Climacteric Scale were analyzed using a network analysis. We generated the network structure graph using R software and checked its accuracy and stability.
RESULTS
In the menopausal transition, the most prevalent symptoms were feeling tired or lacking in energy, excitability, and irritability. Sexual dysfunction was common among early postmenopausal women. Irritability (S = 7.16, C = 0.0167, B = 8) was a core symptom of the network. The depressive symptom cluster was a core symptom cluster, most of which have high centrality indices. Excitability (B = 6) was a bridge symptom connecting the anxiety and depressive symptom clusters.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study has highlighted the crucial significance of irritability and excitability in perimenopausal management. Overcoming the challenges of perimenopausal management requires the public to ameliorate the prejudice and stigma associated with emotional symptoms.
更新日期：2024-08-21
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