Does risk for anxiety increase during the menopausal transition? Study of women's health across the nation.

摘要: Objective Little is known about the risk of anxiety in women during midlife and menopausal transition. We examined as a cluster four symptoms determined association between stage high 10 years follow-up 2,956 multiple race/ethnicities. Methods This study was longitudinal analysis data from multisite Study Women's Health Across Nation, menopause aging. Women were aged 42 to 52 at entry. The outcome anxiety, with score 4 or greater on sum rated according frequency previous 2 weeks 0 (none) (daily; upper 20%). Covariates included sociodemographics, health factors, stressors, vasomotor symptoms. Results low baseline more likely report high-anxiety early late perimenopause postmenopause than premenopause (odds ratio, 1.56-1.61), independent including upsetting life events, financial strain, fair/poor perceived health, continued have rates throughout follow-up, but odds ratios did not differ by stage. Conclusions may be often anxious are increased for specific stages In contrast, susceptible after transition before