Resilience, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Attitudes toward Menopause among Middle-Aged Women

This study explored the resilience, health- related quality of life, and attitudes toward menopause of middle-aged adults; compared the resilience, health- related quality of life, and attitudes toward menopause of these adults when grouped according to stage of menopause, civil status, educational attainment, and employment status; found if there is a significant relationship between the resilience, health-related quality of life, and attitudes of the respondents, and proposed a psychological intervention based on the results of the study. Mixed method of research was employed with sequential explanatory design as model using standardized tests and interview guide as main tools in gathering the quantitative and qualitative data involving 300 middle-aged menopausal women. Results have shown that the respondents have low level of resilience, high in their level of energy/fatigue and low in the physical functioning and role limitations due to emotional problems. Their attitude towards menopause was found to be average and resilience did not have any significant relationship to all the profile variables. However, there were a number of health-related quality of life form scales that were linked to the profile variables. Attitudes toward menopause of the respondents were found to be significant to civil status. The authors recommended that the proposed intervention program be evaluated by guidance counselors and psychologists before its implementation.

Keywords – resilience, health-related quality of life, attitudes, menopause, middle- adulthood