2021 Volume 25 Issue 3 Pages 175-182
【Purpose】Menopausal disorders are affected by a combination of physical, psychological and social factors. There are many unknown factors for menopausal disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors related to the severity of menopausal symptoms in terms of amplification of physical/anatomical sensations. 【Subjects and Methods】One hundred ten women were chosen among those who first visited a gynecological clinic in Tokyo between January 2017 and December 2017. The age range was from 45 to 55 years old. Five questionnaires such as：1) Simplified Menopausal Index：SMI, 2) Somatosensory Amplification scale：SSAS, 3) Beck Depression Inventory-II：BDI-II, 4) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-JYZ：STAI,5) Ego Attitude Scale：EAS were distributed to 98 women. The demographic variables and questionnaires were compared between the following two groups, the severe group and the mild group of the menopausal symptoms. Severe and mild classification was performed using SMI. 【Results】The scores of BDI-II and SSAS were significantly higher (p<0.01), and the “naturalness” and “intuition” in EAS were significantly lower in the severe group (p<0.01). Depression and somatosensory amplification were significantly associated with the severity of menopausal symptoms (p<0.05). 【Conclusion】Depression and somatosensory amplification were considered to be a factor for the aggravation of menopausal disorders.
