2018, Number 6
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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2018; 56 (6)
Depression frequency in premenopausal and postmenopausal women
Carranza-Lira S, Palacios-Ramírez M
Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 533-536
PDF size: 642.51 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: It is known that hormonal changes
influences mood, so the woman shows notorious
hormonal changes in stages of her life.
Objective: To determine the difference in the frequency
of depression in premenopausal and postmenopausal
women.
Methods: We studied 371 premenopausal and
postmenopausal women who didn’t receive hormonal
treatment and in which Hamilton depression scale was
applied. Descriptive statistics, central tendency and
dispersion measures were used. The comparison
between the groups was with Student t test, and Chi
squared test. Pearson’s correlation analysis was done
between age, body mass index and Hamilton scale
score. In the postmenopausal women, the time since
menopause was also correlated with Hamilton scale
score.
Results: Premenopausal women were predominantly
healthy (46.6%). In perimenopausal women
predominated minor depression (21.4%) and in
postmenopausal women, major depression (59.3%).
Conclusion: Postmenopausal women more frequently
had a higher score than those premenopausal.
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