Factors associated with women's negative self-perception about climate

Abstract

Introduction: The climacteric is the transition period from the reproductive to the non-reproductive phase of the woman's life cycle, resulting in physical and psychological changes in this population. In this sense, actions are needed to analyze the experience of this phase and the perception of it built by women. Objective: to analyze the factors associated with women's negative self-perception about the climacteric. Materials and methods: this is an integrative literature review, of a qualitative nature, addressing biopsychosocial aspects of climacteric women. Results and discussion: the negative self-perception of women about climacteric is indirectly or directly linked to factors such as age, education, lack of formal work, life habits, comorbidities and others. Conclusion: women's self-assessment about climacteric can directly impact how they will experience this phase. Therefore, there is an urgent need for strategies to evaluate this construction process.