Jakość życia kobiet w średnim wieku – podejście holistyczne

Abstract

Quality of life and health status are highly valued by the value of every human being. The sense of well-being in terms of both emotional and influenced by a variety of health factors. The idea of holistic medicine is to treat the person as a unity of body, mind and soul. The idea of holism refers to the action-oriented bio-psychosocial model of health. In the medical community there is a feeling of the need to take action not only diagnostic – therapeutic. Attention is also drawn to the psychosocial dimension of health-related changes at different stages of human life. For women with a mean age of menopause is a particular change, both in terms of biological and mental. Identify the psychosocial dimension of these changes can be used to improve the aspirations of categories such as quality of life: physical functioning, social activity and vitality of the middle-aged women. This article attempts to assess psychosocial functioning in menopausal women. It’s made to analyze the influence on the assessment of climacteric symptoms and mental status, relationships with other people (partner, child, environment, social and professional), professional activity and self-esteem. It’s worth to notice the ways of describing currently life achievements of women in the middle age.