Key result
Depressive and anxiety disorders linked to lower quality of life in postmenopausal women.
Why the study?
Psychiatric symptoms are frequently present in postmenopausal women, but the impact of depressive and anxiety disorders on their quality of life was not well investigated.
Do depressive and anxiety disorders reduce quality of life in postmenopausal women?
Cross-Sectional (n=342)
Do depressive and anxiety disorders reduce quality of life in postmenopausal women?
Depressive and anxiety disorders, particularly major depression, dysthymia, and generalized anxiety disorder, significantly impair the quality of life in postmenopausal women.
May warrant mental health screening in postmenopausal women with low quality of life; leaves open causality and treatment effects.
OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric symptoms are frequently present in postmenopausal women. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of depressive and anxiety disorders on the quality of life (QoL) of postmenopausal women. METHOD: The study sample consisted of 342 postmenopausal women who presented to the Gynecology Outpatient Clinic. The Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition was used to determine depressive and anxiety disorders. The participants' QoL level was assessed by means of the World Health Organization QoL Assessment-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF). RESULTS: Subjects without a diagnosis of depressive or anxiety disorder had significantly higher points in all domains of WHOQOL-BREF. According to linear regression analysis, all evaluated disorders except social phobia and specific phobia were independently associated with lower scores for at least one dimension of the QoL scale. However, major depression, dysthymic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder predicted all domains of WHOQOL-BREF. CONCLUSION: Depressive and anxiety disorders, particularly major depression, dysthymic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, seem to be considerable factors affecting the QoL in postmenopausal women.
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Uğuz et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Postmenopausal women (n=342). Depressive and anxiety disorders vs. No depressive or anxiety disorder was evaluated on Quality of life (QoL) assessed by WHOQOL-BREF. Depressive and anxiety disorders, particularly major depression, dysthymic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, were independently associated with lower quality of life in postmenopausal women.
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