Menopause Review (Apr 2011)
Zaburzenia snu oraz emocji u kobiet stosujących hormonalną terapię zastępczą
Abstract
Sleeping and emotion disorders, especially insomnia and sleep continuity disorders, are most severely feltand determine women’s everyday life. The research was aimed at assessing the dependence of the occurrence ofsleeping and emotion disorders in women of perimenopausal age and the use of hormonal replacement therapy.Women of similar age not using hormonal replacement therapy constituted the reference group. 90 patients fromgynaecological wards in the Wielkopolska region and hospital outpatient clinics participated in the research. Thepatients were between 15 and 80 years of age (M = 49.81; SD = 11.69). In the study standardized test methodsof determined reliability and internal accuracy were used: Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS), EpworthSleepiness Scale, Athens Insomnia Scale, Stanford Sleepiness Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Satisfaction With Life Scale, Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory. The results show lower intensity of insomnia in womenusing HRT than in women not using HRT. No statistically significant differences were observed between the twogroups as far as two other insomnia indicators were concerned. Self-esteem was treated as a complex variablecomposed of eleven dimensions. Statistically significant differences were noted in respect of one dimensiononly, i.e. competences. Women using HRT notice that they have much more competences than women notusing HRT.
