Demographic characteristics, menopausal status, and depression in midlife immigrant women

Miller, Arlene Michaels; Sorokin, Olga; Wilbur, JoEllen; Chandler, Peggy

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2004.08.004

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“…It appears that middle-aged women may be more vulnerable to depressive symptoms as compared with women in younger age groups. A study of 220 immigrant women from the former Soviet Union in the United States found that postmenopausal women had higher CES-D scores in comparison with premenopausal and perimenopausal women (Miller, Sorskin, Wilbur, & Chandler, 2004). In addition, depression levels increased with age among women aged 40 to 70 years.…”

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Factors Related to Depression During Menopause

Tseng

Lin

et al. 2009

Journal of Nursing Research

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The purpose of this study was to survey the prevalence of women's depression during menopause and investigate the relationships between menopause depression and variables including self-concept, menopause attitudes, life-event stresses, climacteric physiological symptoms, and demographics. Research was conducted using a cross-sectional study and self-administered questionnaires. We randomly selected female participants between the ages of 45 and 55 years from Tainan City in southern Taiwan using the cluster method. Two hundred sixty-six valid questionnaires were analyzed. Results were as follows: (a) The prevalence of depression among participants was 31.2%; (b) depression was positively associated with life-event stresses and climacteric physiological symptoms (r =.23 and .34, respectively) and was negatively associated with attitude toward menopause and self-concept (r = -.31 and -.65, respectively); and (c) by logistic regression analyses, climacteric physiological symptoms and self-concept were associated with menopause depression. This preliminary survey suggests that low self-concept and increased climacteric physiological symptoms are closely related to depression among menopausal women. Larger scale follow-up studies are warranted to investigate factors that predispose women to depression during menopause.

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Factors Related to Depression During Menopause

Tseng

Lin

et al. 2009

Journal of Nursing Research

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“…Migrated communities in the UK are known to have a different disease profile overall 11 . The immigrant population needs to make a variety of social and cultural adjustments to adapt to the life in the new country and thus may be prone to develop psychological problems 12,13 . However, improvement in the economic conditions, work satisfaction and accomplishments may also have a positive influence 14 .…”

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Mid-age health in women from the Indian subcontinent (MAHWIS): general health and the experience of menopause in women

2006

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“…In the present study, the association of depressive symptoms with time since the final menstrual period was so important that even a one-year increase in time since menopause was associated with a significantly increased reporting of severe depressive symptoms by 3%. A positive association between depressive symptoms and time being postmenopausal has been reported in other studies as well (Lee, 2003;Lee & Kim, 2008;Miller et al, 2004). Miller et al (2004) reported that depressive symptoms as measured with the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) scores were worse in postmenopausal women compared with peri-or premenopausal women.…”

Section: Other Depressive Symptoms Determinantsmentioning

confidence: 54%

“…A positive association between depressive symptoms and time being postmenopausal has been reported in other studies as well (Lee, 2003;Lee & Kim, 2008;Miller et al, 2004). Miller et al (2004) reported that depressive symptoms as measured with the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) scores were worse in postmenopausal women compared with peri-or premenopausal women. In this study, although depressive symptoms increased with age, no significant association between age and depressive symptoms or with different menopause stages (i.e, pre/postmenopause was observed; Miller et al, 2004).…”

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“…Miller et al (2004) reported that depressive symptoms as measured with the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) scores were worse in postmenopausal women compared with peri-or premenopausal women. In this study, although depressive symptoms increased with age, no significant association between age and depressive symptoms or with different menopause stages (i.e, pre/postmenopause was observed; Miller et al, 2004). However, results reported in the literature have been conflicting.…”

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Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women: Results from the MEDIS Study

Tsiligianni¹,

Tyrovolas²,

Bountziouka³

et al. 2014

Women & Health

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Data regarding the factors associated with depressive symptoms are limited, especially in postmenopausal women. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent depressive symptoms were present in postmenopausal women, to explore characteristics associated with depressive symptoms and to determine if time since menopause was independently associated with depressive symptoms. Data collected within the Mediterranean Islands (MEDIS) Study, a health and nutrition survey of elderly people living on Mediterranean islands was used. A total of 851 postmenopausal women living in various Greek islands, Cyprus, and Malta participated in the study. Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Age-adjusted logistic regression analysis showed that a year's increase in the time since menopause increased the likelihood of postmenopausal women having severe depressive symptoms by 3% (odds ratio [OR] per 1 year = 1.03, 95% CI 1.001-1.05). This positive association was also evident when other potential confounding factors (i.e, living conditions, financial status, physical activity, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, smoking habits, and several clinical conditions) were also taken into account in multivariable analyses. Primary health care practitioners and public health care authorities could use the findings of this study to identify depressive symptoms early in postmenopausal women.

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Demographic characteristics, menopausal status, and depression in midlife immigrant women

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Factors Related to Depression During Menopause

Factors Related to Depression During Menopause

Mid-age health in women from the Indian subcontinent (MAHWIS): general health and the experience of menopause in women

Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women: Results from the MEDIS Study

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