Poster Presentation
Thursday, 20 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Thursday, 20 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
This presentation is part of : Poster Presentations II
Exploring the Perceived Health Uncertainty and Parenthood Among Perimenopause Women
Hsiang Chu Pai, MSN, RN, School of Nursing, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Tainan, Taiwan and Sheuan Lee, RN, PhD, College of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Learning Objective #1: understand the perceived health uncertainty among Perimenopause women.
Learning Objective #2: provid the nursing care include the parent-child relationships into the evaluation and nursing procedure for climacteric women.
ABSTRACT This research involved a cross-sectional investigation. The purpose was to explore the correlation between health uncertainty and parenthood among perimenopause women. A demography questionnaire, the Perceived Uncertainty Scale, and Parent-Child Relations Scale were used in the study. Fifty-one female subjects were recruited from the Chiayi-Tainan area of Taiwan. Data was collected by interview with female, age range from 40 to 60, who were in perimenopausal and their daughters were studying at a junior nursing college. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, Pearson product-moment correlation and canonical correlation. The essential results are summarized as follows. The degrees of uncertainty among the respondents was more than medium levels (M = 65.14, SD = 7.44), and demonstrated that the women’s sense of attachment was quite strong. The respondents’ uncertainty were positively canonical correlation (ρ = .504, p < .01) with parenthood-associated perceptions of “invests stress” and “tool functions”, also indicate that the ambiguity of uncertainty can predict for parent-child relationships more than the complexity. It is suggested, when providing the nursing care should include the parent-child relationships into the evaluation and nursing procedure for climacteric women.   Key Words: perimenopause, uncertainty, parenthood.

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