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| Associated factors to psychiatric morbidity in postmenopausal phases | | Author(s) | Isabel Ruiz Perez, Isabel Montero Piņar, Ildefonso Hernandez-Aguado |
| Journal title | Maturitas, vol 28, no 2, December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 107-115 |
| Keywords | Menopause ; Mental disorder ; Depression ; Stress ; Social roles ; Longitudinal surveys ; Spain. |
| Annotation | Several cross-sectional studies show that the greatest risk of psychiatric morbidity during the menopause years is linked to greater exposure of stressful life experiences, women's dissatisfaction with their role in society and to an absence of social support. This study involving population-based cohorts was carried out on a sample of 120 women who had been previously identified as being pre-menopausal or menopausal during a cross-sectional examination conducted between 1987 and 1988 in Valencia, Spain. The study aimed to analyse the movements of specific psychosocial factors (role satisfaction, level of social support), making a comparison between the pre-menopausal and post-menopausal phases. Findings showed that an increase in the frequency of psychiatric episodes was detected in the later stages of the menopause. The absence of support, being a possible psychiatric case and experiencing severe life events during the initial phases of the menopause emerged as being the most reliable factors for predicting psychiatric morbidity during the postmenopausal phase. The results lend weight to the hypothesis of psychiatric morbidity being linked to social changes. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980225409 A |
| Classmark | CC:BD: E: ENR: QNH: TM5: 3J: 76S |
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