Table 3 Categories, subcategories, and sub-subcategories
From: Women's experiences in the transition to menopause: a qualitative research
Sub-subcategories | Subcategories | Categories |
|---|---|---|
Physical changes Psychological changes Sexual changes | Feeling changes | Mixing menopause and aging |
Aging causes changes Menopause causes changes | The ambiguity of the cause of changes | |
Bad temperateness Feeling deficient Intellectual conflict Apathy | Negative mood/behavioral reactions | Life change |
Changing relationships with spouse Changing relationships with children | Negative effects of changes on social life | |
Exhaustion of power and ability Fear of persistence of symptoms | Concerns about the persistence/intensification of symptoms | Confrontation of fear and hope |
Seeing oneself competent Hope for recovery | Self-consolation | |
Seeing a doctor and consultant Getting rid of disturbing thoughts and problems | Attempting to overcome problems | Life adjustment |
Feeling better physically Having a better mood | Effective efforts | |
Spouse attention Decreased spouse attention | The need to be understood by the spouse | Needs to facilitate the transition time |
Having good friends Sharing experiences | The need for sympathetic peers | |
Needing to see a doctor Needing to see a consultant | The need for specialized guidance |