Clinical features of depression and anxiety disorders and their influence factors in perimenopausal women

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6574.2015.03.015

Abstract：Objective To investigate the clinical features of depression and anxiety disorders and their influence factors in women during perimenopause .Methods Fifty-seven cases of first hospitalized perimenopausal patients with anxiety and depression symptoms evaluated by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) ,Hamilton Anxiety Scale for Anxiety (HAMA) and Life Event Scale (LES) ,and detected of hormone levels .All of the data were input into a database and analyzed with de‐scriptive statistics ,Spearman correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis .Results All 57 patients in the HAMD total score of (22 .56 ± 8 .48) ,HAMA total score of (15 .21 ± 7 .88) ,mainly mild or moderate depression and definite anxiety .Most of the patients affected by life events ,especial the negative life events .Linear correlation analysis showed that the incidence of postmenopausal was posi‐tively correlated with depressive disorder ,the correlation coefficient was 0 .275;there was no significant correlation factor with anxiety disorders .Linear regression analysis showed that estradiol was negatively correlation with depressive disorders;pituitary prolactin ,economically disadvantaged families ,children long - term leaving home was positively correlated with depression (the regression coefficients were-0 .823 ,0 .230 ,1 .017 ,0 .783 ,respectively);economically disadvantaged families ,bad marital relations was positively correlated with anxiety disorders (the regression coefficient were 0 .802 ,0 .553) .Conclu‐sions Perimenopausal women were mainly in mild or moderate anxiety and depression ,were affected by hormones and social family factors .