更年期過渡概念分析

Menopausal Transition: Concept Analysis

更年期是婦女由青年到老年的過渡階段，更年期婦女所面臨的壓力包括，生理、事業、子女教養壓力、可能的婚姻關係失調、自我認同混淆等，更年期過渡的特徵可歸納為1.個人生活、環境、狀況或活動型態等出現改變；2.個人對於改變出現行為、思想、情緒表徵；3.個人在改變過程中，呈現與環境互動過程。本文以Walker及Avant概念分析步驟，描述過渡期的鑑定性特徵、案例說明、前因後果、更年期症狀測量工具，希望透過本文的介紹，提升護理人員對更年期婦女過渡期的認知，幫助婦女順利渡過人生的發展階段。 Menopause is an intermediate period between young adulthood and elderly adulthood. The crisis that women with menopause are facing includes physical and career developing stagnation, pressure of educating children, imbalanced relationship in the marriage, and confusion of self-identity. The signs of menopause are listed as the followings: 1. personal life, environment, condition or activities start changing; 2. herself appeals some signs of behavior, thinking, and emotion regarding the changes in life; and 3. an interaction with the environment is shown in personal changing process. This article used the analysis steps of Walker and Avant to describe the definitional features of intermediate period, case report, the causes and the results, and measuring tools of menopause symptoms. Given with this article, nurses can increase the knowledge of menopause intermediate period to help women to go through this period of their lives.