title: [Life satisfaction and related socio-demographic factors during female midlife].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess life satisfaction and related factors in middle-aged Spanish women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study including 235 women aged 40 to 65, living in Granada (Spain), healthy companions of patients visiting the obstetrics and gynecology clinics. They completed the Diener Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Menopause Rating Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Insomnia Severity Index and a sociodemographic questionnaire containing personal and partner data. Internal consistency of each tool was also calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost two-thirds (61.3%) of the women were postmenopausal, and 43.8% had abdominal obesity, 36.6% had insomnia, 18.7% had poor menopause-related quality of life, 31.9% performed regular exercise, and 5.1% had severe financial problems. Life satisfaction showed significant positive correlations (Spearman's test) with female and male age, and inverse correlations with menopause-related quality of life, perceived stress and insomnia. In the multiple linear regression analysis, high life satisfaction is positively correlated with having a partner who performed exercise, and inversely with having work problems, perceived stress and the suspicion of partner infidelity. These factors explained 40% of the variance of the multiple regression analysis for life satisfaction in middle-aged women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Life satisfaction is a construct related to perceived stress, work problems, and having a partner, while aspects of menopause and general health had no significant influence.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España. Electronic address: cuadros@ugr.es.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cuadros
authors.affiliation: Red de Investigación en Ginecología, Obstetricia y Reproducción, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, España. Electronic address: gonzaloperezron@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gonzalo R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Pérez-Roncero
authors.affiliation: Red de Investigación en Ginecología, Obstetricia y Reproducción, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: López-Baena
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cuadros-Celorrio
authors.affiliation: Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, España.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fernández-Alonso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain
keywords: Calidad de vida; Climacteric; Climaterio; Ejercicio; Exercise; Insomnia; Insomnio; Life satisfaction; Menopause; Menopausia; Quality of life; Satisfacción vital