Self-awareness and the evaluation of hot flash severity: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study

Objective:
The purpose of this study was to test the association of two dimensions of self-awareness with hot flash (HF) severity.
Methods:
A subset of women from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study (N = 232) provided data for these analyses. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate two dimensions of self-awareness (Internal States Awareness [ISA] and Self-Reflectiveness [SR]), and secondary factors of perceived stress, anxiety, and attitudes toward menopause as continuous with earlier life, health perceptions, and menopausal stage with respect to HF severity. The measurement and structural models were tested with a maximum likelihood missing values estimator and displayed good model fit.
Results:
Women with greater ISA reported greater HF severity (β = 0.17, P 

Source: Menopause - April 27, 2019 Category: OBGYN Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research