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폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively understand and describe the meaning of physical activity for managing menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women. METHODS: This study targeted middle-aged women with menopausal symptoms who participated in regular exercise at least three times...

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Publicado: Korean Society of Women Health Nursing 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10326558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37415479
http://dx.doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2023.06.15
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description PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively understand and describe the meaning of physical activity for managing menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women. METHODS: This study targeted middle-aged women with menopausal symptoms who participated in regular exercise at least three times a week for more than 12 weeks. Nine participants were individually interviewed via in-depth face-to-face interviews, and participatory observation was also employed. Colaizzi’s phenomenological qualitative research method was applied for analysis. RESULTS: Participants were asked, “What does it means to participate in physical activity at this time of your life?” Fourteen codes, six themes, and three theme clusters were derived for the meaning of physical activity for managing menopausal symptoms in these middle-aged women. The six themes were “reviving the exhausted body and mind,” “being free from the yoke of pain,” “being settled in life,” “finding oneself and becoming altruistic,” “striving while anticipating change,” and “equipping the body and mind.” The three theme clusters were “overcoming my past pain,” “taking the initiative for today’s life,” and “moving towards new change.” CONCLUSION: The narratives revealed that physical activity allowed women to overcome menopausal symptoms, the burden of relationships, and stress, thereby enabling them to make positive changes in their lives and have expectations for the future. Thus, physical activity was a positive force in a healthy menopausal transition for women with menopausal symptoms. The findings of this study can be used to encourage physical activity in peri-menopausal women and to develop physical activity programs for managing menopausal symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-103265582023-07-08 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구 Korean J Women Health Nurs Original Article PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to comprehensively understand and describe the meaning of physical activity for managing menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women. METHODS: This study targeted middle-aged women with menopausal symptoms who participated in regular exercise at least three times a week for more than 12 weeks. Nine participants were individually interviewed via in-depth face-to-face interviews, and participatory observation was also employed. Colaizzi’s phenomenological qualitative research method was applied for analysis. RESULTS: Participants were asked, “What does it means to participate in physical activity at this time of your life?” Fourteen codes, six themes, and three theme clusters were derived for the meaning of physical activity for managing menopausal symptoms in these middle-aged women. The six themes were “reviving the exhausted body and mind,” “being free from the yoke of pain,” “being settled in life,” “finding oneself and becoming altruistic,” “striving while anticipating change,” and “equipping the body and mind.” The three theme clusters were “overcoming my past pain,” “taking the initiative for today’s life,” and “moving towards new change.” CONCLUSION: The narratives revealed that physical activity allowed women to overcome menopausal symptoms, the burden of relationships, and stress, thereby enabling them to make positive changes in their lives and have expectations for the future. Thus, physical activity was a positive force in a healthy menopausal transition for women with menopausal symptoms. The findings of this study can be used to encourage physical activity in peri-menopausal women and to develop physical activity programs for managing menopausal symptoms. Korean Society of Women Health Nursing 2023-06-30 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10326558/ /pubmed/37415479 http://dx.doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2023.06.15 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Society of Women Health Nursing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title_full 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title_fullStr 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title_full_unstemmed 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title_short 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
title_sort 폐경증상 관리를 위한 중년 여성의 신체활동 참여 경험: 현상학적 연구
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10326558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37415479
http://dx.doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2023.06.15
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