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Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome.

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Min, SH; Yang, Q; Docherty, SL; Im, E-O; Hu, X
Published in: Nursing research
July 2022

Midlife perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome experience multiple symptoms concurrently.The study objectives were to examine the relationship among symptoms through network visualization and identify and compare symptom clusters and key symptoms across symptom occurrence and symptom severity dimensions in midlife perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with and without metabolic syndrome.Cross-sectional data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (Visit 5) were used for analysis. A machine-learning-based network analysis and the Walktrap algorithm were used to fulfill the study objectives.The number and types of symptom clusters differed between the groups. Midlife perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome experienced the psychological/somatic/genital cluster (key symptom: frequent mood change), the sleep/urinary cluster (sleep disturbance), and the vasomotor cluster (cold sweat) in the symptom occurrence dimension and the psychological/somatic/sexual cluster (anxiety), the sleep/urinary cluster (sleep disturbance), and the vasomotor/genital cluster (night sweat) in the symptom severity dimension. In contrast, midlife perimenopausal and postmenopausal women without metabolic syndrome experienced the psychological cluster (anxiety), the sleep/somatic/genitourinary cluster (sleep disturbance), and the vasomotor cluster (night sweat) in the symptom occurrence dimension and the psychological/somatic cluster (anxiety), the sleep/urinary cluster (sleep disturbance), the vasomotor cluster (night sweat), and the sexual/genital cluster (vaginal dryness) in the symptom severity dimension.The study findings may serve as a knowledge basis for effective assessment and management of symptom clusters and key symptoms in clinical settings and provide directions for future development of targeted symptom management interventions.

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Nursing research

DOI

EISSN

1538-9847

ISSN

0029-6562

Publication Date

July 2022

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

E28 / E38

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Postmenopause
  • Perimenopause
  • Nursing
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Humans
  • Hot Flashes
  • Female
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Min, S. H., Yang, Q., Docherty, S. L., Im, E.-O., & Hu, X. (2022). Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome. Nursing Research, 71(4), E28–E38. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000591
Min, Se Hee, Qing Yang, Sharron L. Docherty, Eun-Ok Im, and Xiao Hu. “Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome.Nursing Research 71, no. 4 (July 2022): E28–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000591.
Min SH, Yang Q, Docherty SL, Im E-O, Hu X. Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome. Nursing research. 2022 Jul;71(4):E28–38.
Min, Se Hee, et al. “Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome.Nursing Research, vol. 71, no. 4, July 2022, pp. E28–38. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nnr.0000000000000591.
Min SH, Yang Q, Docherty SL, Im E-O, Hu X. Symptom Clusters and Key Symptoms Among Midlife Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women With and Without Metabolic Syndrome. Nursing research. 2022 Jul;71(4):E28–E38.

Published In

Nursing research

DOI

EISSN

1538-9847

ISSN

0029-6562

Publication Date

July 2022

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

E28 / E38

Related Subject Headings

  • Sleep Wake Disorders
  • Postmenopause
  • Perimenopause
  • Nursing
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Humans
  • Hot Flashes
  • Female
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4205 Nursing