Objectives: To evaluate the psychopathological profile and the incidence of major depressive disorders in consecutive women attending a Menopause Clinic. Methods: Women attending outpatient menopause clinic at Filippo del Ponte Hospital in Varese (Italy), referring to the centre from 1 March to 30 April 2005, were invited to fill up a specific questionnaire while waiting for the visit. The questionnaire included demographics and history (e.g. current or past use of antidepressant drugs); symptoms check list (SCL-90-R); Beck depression inventory (BDI). Results: Sixty-four women were enrolled to the study. On the SCL-90-R, “somatic” symptoms cluster was the most frequent. Patients diagnosed as depressed using the Beck depression inventory (BDI) were 18 (28.1%). Thirteen (70%) of currently depressed women presented a positive history of depressive disorders. The analysis of depressed women according to previous depressive disorders revealed higher scores for women with positive history in both scales. Depressed patients have a significantly lower mean age compared to non-depressed patients (53.3 ± 6.2 years versus 57.33 ± 4.9 years, p = 0.023). Conclusions: Our preliminary data show a high correlation between a history of depressive disorder and recurrence of depression in the menopausal period. Perimenopause seems to be a higher risk period for the development of a depressive disease compared to menopausal status. The somatization cluster warrants further investigation
Female Psychopathologic profile during menopausal transition: A preliminary study
CALLEGARI, CAMILLA
Conceptualization
;CROMI, ANTONELLASupervision
;SALVAGGIO, FABIO SALVATOREMethodology
;BOLIS P. F.Supervision
2007-01-01
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the psychopathological profile and the incidence of major depressive disorders in consecutive women attending a Menopause Clinic. Methods: Women attending outpatient menopause clinic at Filippo del Ponte Hospital in Varese (Italy), referring to the centre from 1 March to 30 April 2005, were invited to fill up a specific questionnaire while waiting for the visit. The questionnaire included demographics and history (e.g. current or past use of antidepressant drugs); symptoms check list (SCL-90-R); Beck depression inventory (BDI). Results: Sixty-four women were enrolled to the study. On the SCL-90-R, “somatic” symptoms cluster was the most frequent. Patients diagnosed as depressed using the Beck depression inventory (BDI) were 18 (28.1%). Thirteen (70%) of currently depressed women presented a positive history of depressive disorders. The analysis of depressed women according to previous depressive disorders revealed higher scores for women with positive history in both scales. Depressed patients have a significantly lower mean age compared to non-depressed patients (53.3 ± 6.2 years versus 57.33 ± 4.9 years, p = 0.023). Conclusions: Our preliminary data show a high correlation between a history of depressive disorder and recurrence of depression in the menopausal period. Perimenopause seems to be a higher risk period for the development of a depressive disease compared to menopausal status. The somatization cluster warrants further investigationFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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