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Relationship between Self-Perception of Aging and Quality of Life in the Different Stages of Reproductive Aging in Mexican Women

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  • Frida Sara Rivera-Ochoa

    (Research Unit on Gerontology, FES Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Guelatao No. 66, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de Mexico CP 09230, Mexico)

  • Ixel Venecia González-Herrera

    (Research Unit on Gerontology, FES Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Guelatao No. 66, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de Mexico CP 09230, Mexico)

  • Mariano Zacarías-Flores

    (Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Gustavo Baz Prada, Institute of Health of the State of Mexico, Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de Mexico CP 57300, Mexico)

  • Elsa Correa-Muñoz

    (Research Unit on Gerontology, FES Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Guelatao No. 66, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de Mexico CP 09230, Mexico)

  • Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez

    (Research Unit on Gerontology, FES Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Guelatao No. 66, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de Mexico CP 09230, Mexico)

  • Martha A. Sánchez-Rodríguez

    (Research Unit on Gerontology, FES Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Av. Guelatao No. 66, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de Mexico CP 09230, Mexico)

Abstract

Biological aging has an abrupt beginning in women, changing their body and perceptions, which are not accepted easily because the actual stereotypes are focused on youth and anti-aging. Our interest was to explore what the self-perception of aging (SPA) is in middle-aged women throughout the reproductive aging stages and their association with the quality of life. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 240 women (40–69 years) living in Mexico City, who were separated according to their reproductive aging stage. An electronic version of the Spanish version of the Self-rated Attitudes Towards Old Age (SATO) and the WHO Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQoL) was applied to these women and was sent by WhatsApp or email. Seventeen women of the total sample (7%) had a negative self-perception of aging. There is an association between SATO and WHOQoL (r = –0.273, p < 0.0001), but in the menopausal transition stage, the association is strong in the psychological subscale, and after menopause, early and late postmenopausal women show a better association in the social subscale. Negative SPA impacts the WHOQoL psychological dimension and not the total WHOQoL score. Our findings suggest an association between SPA and quality of life in different reproductive aging stages.

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  • Frida Sara Rivera-Ochoa & Ixel Venecia González-Herrera & Mariano Zacarías-Flores & Elsa Correa-Muñoz & Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez & Martha A. Sánchez-Rodríguez, 2022. "Relationship between Self-Perception of Aging and Quality of Life in the Different Stages of Reproductive Aging in Mexican Women," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:11:p:6839-:d:830997
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