Associations among menopausal status, menopausal symptoms, and depressive symptoms in midlife women in Hunan Province, China

Fu, Jingxia; Luo, Yating; Chen, M.-Z.; Zhou, Yuxiao; Meng, Yanting; Wang, T.; Qin, Si; Xu, Chen

doi:10.1080/13697137.2019.1703936

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“…The most common assessment method was the Menopause Rating Scale ( n = 69) [ 31 – 40 , 42 – 100 ]. The next three most common assessment methods were unspecified self-administered questionaries ( n = 14) [ 115 – 128 ], interviews ( n = 10) [ 7 , 129 – 137 ], and the Blatt Kupperman Menopause Index ( n = 8) [ 12 , 44 , 101 – 106 ]. With the exception of interviews, all measures used a single item to assess palpitations.…”

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“…Response options varied from yes/no to Likert scales. Most of the Likert scales measured symptom presence and severity (e.g., 0 no symptom, 1 mild, 2 moderate, 3 severe, 4 very severe) and only a few measured symptom frequency (e.g., 0 not at all, 1 sometimes, 2 often, 3 always) [ 12 , 125 ].…”

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“…In the general population, palpitations (1) account for 16% of general physicians’ visits [ 9 ], (2) are the second leading reason for cardiologist visits [ 9 ], and (3) are related to increased risk for cardiac arrythmias when they affect sleep and work [ 10 ]. In peri- and postmenopausal women, menopausal palpitations distress is associated with worse sleep disturbance [ 11 ], depressive symptoms [ 3 , 11 , 12 ], stress [ 11 ], and menopausal quality of life [ 11 ]. The directions of these associations are unclear as these were cross-sectional analyses.…”

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Review of menopausal palpitations measures

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Palpitations are reported commonly by women around the time of menopause as skipped, missed, irregular, and/or exaggerated heartbeats or heart pounding. However, much less is known about palpitations than other menopausal symptoms such as vasomotor symptoms. The objective of this review was to integrate evidence on menopausal palpitations measures. Keyword searching was done in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO for English-language, descriptive articles containing data on menopause and palpitations and meeting other pre-specified inclusion criteria. Of 670 articles, 110 met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Results showed that 11 different measures were used across articles, with variability within and between measures. Inconsistencies in the wording of measurement items, recall periods, and response options were observed even when standardized measures were used. Most measures were limited to assessing symptom presence and severity. Findings suggest that efforts should be undertaken to (1) standardize conceptual and operational definitions of menopausal palpitations and (2) develop a patient-friendly, conceptually clear, psychometrically sound measure of menopausal palpitations.

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“…Health promotion for perimenopausal women is gaining considerable attention due to the various health care issues raised with the advent of an aging society. Women in this age group are not only bothered by menopausal symptoms but are also at increased risk for mood disorders [15] . Some researches had identi ed perimenopause as a period of increased risk for both rst-episode depression and for depression reoccurrence [16] , and a positive correlation between the menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms [17,18] .…”

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“…Several studies have demonstrated that oxidative stress and pro-in ammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β, IL-6, NLRP3,8-hydroxy-2′-deoxy -guanosine, which were increased during menopause contributes to development of depression like behavior [13,36−38] . However, exercise could decrease this proin ammatory cytokines and oxidative stress and consequently ameliorate depressive symptoms [13,15,16,39] , whereas the short duration of exercise may not be adequate for such a change.…”

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The menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms were efficacy of interaction between levels and duration of exercise in perimenopausal women:a cross- sectional study

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Background Depressive disorder often adversely affects psychosocial and physical functioning. Exercise is one of the most commonly used alternatives for mood disorders and menopausal symptoms during the menopausal transition. This study aimed to investigate the interaction between levels and duration of exercise and their effects on menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms. Methods We enrolled 512 healthy women aged 40–60 years. Exercise history, menopausal symptoms (MKS), and depressive symptoms (HAMD) were determined based on self-report. Menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms was analyzed using a 2-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) with levels of exercise and duration of exercise as factors, respectively. Significant main effects or interactions were examined using Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) tests. Specific planned comparisons were made using Bonferroni corrections. Results There were interactions between levels and duration of exercise on the change in menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms, respectively[ F (6,512) = 3.597, F (6,512) = 2.128, p <0.05]. Pairwise comparisons of the interaction revealed that, with moderate duration of exercise, those women who did high level of exercise had lower scores of MKS and HAMD than those who seldom exercised ( P <0.05). Short or long duration of exercise and low or high levels of exercise was not effective at reducing scores of MKS and HAMD( p >0.05). Conclusions The relationship between exercise and menopausal symptoms had a U-shaped trend. The relationship between exercise and depressive symptoms also had a U-shaped trend.

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Mediating effect of menopausal symptoms between the lifestyle and depressive symptoms

Qin,

Luo

2024

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Associations among menopausal status, menopausal symptoms, and depressive symptoms in midlife women in Hunan Province, China

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

Review of menopausal palpitations measures

Review of menopausal palpitations measures

The menopausal symptoms and depressive symptoms were efficacy of interaction between levels and duration of exercise in perimenopausal women:a cross- sectional study

Mediating effect of menopausal symptoms between the lifestyle and depressive symptoms

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