Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2025 Sep 8;59:e20250182. doi: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2025-0182en. eCollection 2025.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the factors relating to climate change anxiety in women at reproductive age.
METHOD: This study is descriptive and cross-sectional. This study included 351 women aged 18-45 years. Data were collected via face to face interviews using the ‘Women’s Descriptive Characteristics and Climate Change Perception Assessment Form’ and ‘Climate Change Anxiety Scale for Women’s Health’ between June and October 2024 at a family health center in Mersin province of Türkiye. Data analysis included descriptive statistical methods and chi-squared automatic ınteraction detector analysis.
RESULTS: The average age of the women was 27.91 ± 8.30 years (n = 351). The Climate Change Anxiety Scale for Women’s Health mean score was 52.46 ± 17.19. Women’s experience of anxiety regarding the negative consequences of climate change affected the scale and all sub-dimensions (physiological health, behavior, and gender) (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Health professionals should provide information and assessments including the effects of climate change on health in care services. They should plan interventions to reduce women’s anxiety levels towards climate change.
PMID:40971202 | DOI:10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2025-0182en
