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Factors associated with the high susceptibility to depression of women during the perimenopause - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36479809/
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Conclusion: High susceptibility to depression of perimenopausal women may be related to lower educational level, more severe perimenopausal symptoms, and altered metacognition.
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• Source: Brain and Behavior
• Conclusions: “High susceptibility to depression of perimenopausal women may be related to lower educational level, more severe perimenopausal symptoms, and altered metacognition.”
• Chinese researchers assessed psychosocial factors and hormone levels in 66 perimenopausal women.
• The researchers found that % of perimenopausal women exhibited moderate or severe depression. Depression scale scores correlated with education level, perimenopausal symptoms, metacognition, and personality characteristics, but they did not correlate with serum sex hormone levels and attitudes toward menopause (ATM).
• Increased neuroticism and decreased lying scores predicted depression.
• “Comprehensive interventions may decrease the vulnerability to depressive disorders of women at high risk,” the authors wrote. “Such interventions include health education regarding perimenopause, psychological MCT [metacognitive therapy] interventions, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and other effective psychological therapies; medical treatments for perimenopausal symptoms may also be helpful.”
• Limitations of this study included a small sample size and exclusion of participants with recent stressful events to adjust for confounding.