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Abstract
Background: Menopausal symptoms are common during the menopausal transition and can substantially affect women's physical and psychological health. These symptoms often co-occur and interact, but their complex interrelationships and the symptoms that play central roles within the symptom network remain unclear.
Objective: Explore the network structure of menopausal syndrome and identify core symptoms.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of 402 perimenopausal women aged 40-60 years in Shanghai, China, November 2023 to April 2024. The Greene scale was used for evaluation. Perform a network analysis to identify core symptoms.
Results: Irritability, fatigue and hot flashes were the highest central values in the menopausal symptom network, indicating that they were the core symptoms.
Conclusions: Irritability, fatigue and hot flashes were identified as central symptoms in the menopausal symptom network. These findings may inform clinical symptom assessment and future research on symptom management.
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The Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology was founded in 1982 in order to provide a scientific forum for obstetricians, gynecologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, academic health professionals as well as for all those who are interested in the psychosocial and psychosomatic aspects of women’s health. Another of its aims is to stimulate obstetricians and gynecologists to pay more attention to this very important facet of their profession.
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