TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women
T2 - Results from the MEDIS Study
AU - Tsiligianni, Ioanna G.
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - Bountziouka, Vassiliki
AU - Zeimbekis, Akis
AU - Gotsis, Efthimios
AU - Metallinos, George
AU - Tyrovola, Dimitra
AU - Polychronopoulos, Evangelos
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - MEDIS
KW - postmenopausal women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904017153&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03630242.2014.897678
DO - 10.1080/03630242.2014.897678
M3 - Article
C2 - 24791809
AN - SCOPUS:84904017153
SN - 0363-0242
VL - 54
SP - 389
EP - 401
JO - Women and Health
JF - Women and Health
IS - 5
ER -