@article{oai:atomi.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003699,
 author = {MIYAOKA, Yoshiko and UEDA, Kayoko and KAMO, Toshiko},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {跡見学園女子大学文学部臨床心理学科紀要},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {application/pdf, text, ＜Aim＞ We investigated the knowledge and image of menopause among middle aged women．＜Procedures＞ We administrated questionnaires to 76 outpatients with climacteric disorder  and 49 healthy  middle-aged  women.  The  questionnaire  consisted  of  items  on demographics, questions about the knowledge and image of menopause, and the Scale of Menopause Knowledge（SMK）which we developed. ＜Results＞ The rates of women who responded they knew menopause well were 89.3 ％ in the patient group and 65.3 ％ in the healthy group respectively. Patients got the knowledge more through books, doctors and health care professionals than the healthy women did. The women who got the knowledge mainly when they were under thirties were more knowledgeable than those who got it mainly when they were over forty. The scores in the former group were higher than the later group in the subscales of “decrease of estrogen” and “health issues related to the aging process” in the SMK. Regarding images of menopause, few women had positive image. ＜Conclusion＞ Health education about menopause for women in their early life stage is required to deal with menopause.},
 pages = {91--100},
 title = {How and when do middle-aged women learn about menopause?},
 year = {2014}
}