Investigating the influence of mood-changes and effective elements of peri menopause on patients' companions referred to hospitals related to Shahed University

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1 Assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant professor of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant professor of Health and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: Some studies indicated that mood-changes were more common peri menopause rather than premenopausal period. This study was held by the aim of assessing the prevalence of two common mood-changes in this period: depression and anxiety, and their relation with socio-somatic and demographic factors.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 201 women of 45 to 60-year-old who had not suffered of psychological diseases. Three questionnaires including: Socio- demographic characteristics, Menopausal rating scale (MRS), and Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL90) were completed by them. Their follicle-Stimulating hormone and estradiol levels were also checked. The obtained data were analyzed by statistical SPSS software version 17 and chi square test. P value less than 0.05 was statistically significant.
Results: The prevalence of depression and anxiety were found 20.9% and 20.4% respectively in this study. Analysis of Socio-demographic information showed a significant relation between anxiety and absence of husband .Also, there was a significant relation between mood-changes and symptoms of decreasing estrogen-level, urogenital symptoms, Vasomotor, somatic complications and decreasing of sexual desire. But association between estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone and mood-changes was not significant.
Conclusions: In peri menopause women, there was relation between anxiety and decreasing of sexual desire and absence of husband. So there was relation between mood change and symptom of decreasing estrogen level.

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