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The Impact of Premature Menopause on Women’s Experience of Self

Adelphi University

Surgically or chemically induced premature menopause may have an impact on women’s sense of self: the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual sense of self. This ethnographic research study explores the major factors that assaulted prematurely menopausal women’s concept of self and the ways in which they attempted to readjust that concept. A unifying domain, evolution of self, and three constitutive themes emerged: change/loss, connectedness/disconnectedness, and transcendence/transformation. A holistic nurse-client relationship that transcends the hospital experience and extends into the community may help prematurely menopausal women to move toward a more synthesized sense of self and a greater degree of self-actualization.

Journal of Holistic Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 4, 346-364 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/089801019901700404


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