Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women
Background: Women in the perimenopausal period are reported to be vulnerable to psychiatric disorders. Aim: To assess the psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women aged 45–55 years. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, observational, hospital-based study was conducted at the Department o...
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| author | Biswajit L Jagtap B. S. V. Prasad Suprakash Chaudhury |
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| description | Background: Women in the perimenopausal period are reported to be vulnerable to psychiatric disorders. Aim: To assess the psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women aged 45–55 years. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, observational, hospital-based study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry in a tertiary care hospital attached to a medical college. The study sample consisted of consecutive women in perimenopause as diagnosed by a gynecologist and written informed consent for inclusion in the study. Women with a previous history of psychiatric illnesses, with a major medical illness, or who had undergone surgical menopause were excluded from the study. All women were evaluated with a brief questionnaire for collecting demographic and clinical information and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for assessing psychiatric disorders. Results: Of the 108 women in perimenopause included in the study, 31% had depressive disorder, 7% had anxiety, while 5% had depressive disorder with anxiety features. Psychiatric morbidity was significantly more in women having lesser education, from rural background, with a history of psychiatric illness in the family, a later age of menarche, and in the late stage of perimenopause. Conclusions: Women in the perimenopause affected by psychiatric morbidity were most commonly diagnosed with depression. As perimenopause is a time of vulnerability in women, attention to signs and symptoms of depression may be required so that they may lead a more productive life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6f61b7ba48a4643b87531e90b60a7bc2022-12-21T23:16:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67480976-27952016-01-01251869210.4103/0972-6748.196056Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal womenBiswajit L JagtapB. S. V. PrasadSuprakash ChaudhuryBackground: Women in the perimenopausal period are reported to be vulnerable to psychiatric disorders. Aim: To assess the psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women aged 45–55 years. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional, observational, hospital-based study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry in a tertiary care hospital attached to a medical college. The study sample consisted of consecutive women in perimenopause as diagnosed by a gynecologist and written informed consent for inclusion in the study. Women with a previous history of psychiatric illnesses, with a major medical illness, or who had undergone surgical menopause were excluded from the study. All women were evaluated with a brief questionnaire for collecting demographic and clinical information and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for assessing psychiatric disorders. Results: Of the 108 women in perimenopause included in the study, 31% had depressive disorder, 7% had anxiety, while 5% had depressive disorder with anxiety features. Psychiatric morbidity was significantly more in women having lesser education, from rural background, with a history of psychiatric illness in the family, a later age of menarche, and in the late stage of perimenopause. Conclusions: Women in the perimenopause affected by psychiatric morbidity were most commonly diagnosed with depression. As perimenopause is a time of vulnerability in women, attention to signs and symptoms of depression may be required so that they may lead a more productive life.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2016;volume=25;issue=1;spage=86;epage=92;aulast=JagtapAnxietydepressionperimenopausepsychiatric morbidity |
| spellingShingle | Biswajit L Jagtap B. S. V. Prasad Suprakash Chaudhury Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women Industrial Psychiatry Journal Anxiety depression perimenopause psychiatric morbidity |
| title | Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women |
| title_full | Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women |
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| title_short | Psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women |
| title_sort | psychiatric morbidity in perimenopausal women |
| topic | Anxiety depression perimenopause psychiatric morbidity |
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