Menopauza a jakość życia
Menopause and the quality of life

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents selected issues related to the quality of life after the menopause. First, it gives the short account of theoretical approaches to quality of life and to health related quality of life. Building on that the author discusses quality of life after the menopause, and in particular these options which include the subjective perspective of menopausal women. The results of psychological studies into the menopausal transition are shortly presented. In all these studies the intensity of menopausal symptoms was considered the indicator of quality of life. The findings demonstrate that intensity of symptoms is related to personality (i.e. high neuroticism), temperament (i.e. high reactivity), to the intensive stress and ineffective coping strategies, and to the life situation (i.e. difficulties in family and personal life). Finally, the author brings forward the idea that the quality of life related to menopausal transition should be analyzed in the context of life-span development. The individual concept of menopause should also be considered.

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