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Climacteric: intensity of symptoms and sexual performance

2015; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0104-07072015000590014

1980-265X

Estela Rodrigues Paiva Alves, Aurélio Molina da Costa, Simone Maria Muniz da Silva Bezerra, Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano, Ana Márcia Tenório de Souza Cavalcanti, Maria Djair Dias,

Eating Disorders and Behaviors

This paper had the aim to checking the association between the intensity of climacteric symptoms and the pattern of sexual performance of women in this period of the life cycle. A transversal study conducted from July to September 2011 involving 260 climateric women of a physical exercise program. The women were evaluated using the Kupperman Menopausal Index and of the Sexual Quotient. For statistical analysis, there were used: average, standard deviation, percentages and Fisher Exact Test. The women with sexual performance standard good/excellent, mostly, reported mild symptoms in Menopausal Index, and those who had a bad pattern/unfavorable, had high percentages of moderate and severe manifestations. Symptoms of mild intensity were associated with a higher standard of sexual performance, showing that changes in this pattern have strong relationship with the intensity of symptoms.