Menopause, menopause symptoms and depression: The influence of educational level and other socio-demografic variables

Abstract

This study is based on the data collected in an investigation regarding the Primary Health Care patients. The results relating to a sample of 127 women with ages ranging between 35 and 65 years of age are analyzed. All these women answered a Questionnaire concerning the perceived menopause status and the menopause symptomatology and participated in a structured clinical interview, in which the presence of various forms of depression according to the DSM-IV criteria was analyzed. They also answered a questionnaire concerning the perceived menopause status as well as symptoms or alterations related with menopause. The frequency of the symptomatology related with menopause is studied and its variation in relation to the level of education, and other sociodemographic variables is analyzed. The relationship between the perceived menopause status and the depressive symptomatology is also studied, taking into consideration the level of education.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17575/rpsicol.v19i1/2.396