Analysis of research trends related to menopause intervention research in middle-aged women

Abstract

Purpose : This study is a descriptive research study which has analyzed the research trends of menopause management among the korean for the middle-aged women over the last 10 years (2011∼2021) in Korea. Methods : A review was performed by using the domestic databases including RISS, KISS, DBpia, and NDSL. Eighteen papers were analyzed according to general characteristics, key variables regarding reflection, and findings regarding reflection. Results : The middle-aged women who had or are undergoing menopause were studied for the 18 atricles and among the key words, those with the highest frequency were ‘menopause’, ‘middle aged women’, ‘climacterium’. As an intervention method, Pilates (16.7%) and an integrated menopause management program accounted for 11.1%, and as a major variable, depression were found to be the largest at 27.8%. Conclusion : It is determined that it can be utilized as the basic data for the development of the menopause intervention program for the middle-aged women and the revitalization of the studies for which nursing practice is applied in the future