Table 1.
Demography, depression and symptom scores among women 45–55 years
| Total score (110) | Pre/peria (69) | Postb (25) | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||||
| (y)c | 50 (3) | 50 (3.1) | 52 (3.0) | 0.0049 | |||
| Education (y)d | |||||||
| Primary school (< 9) | 20 (18) | 8 (12) | 7 (28) | ||||
| Secondary school (10–12) | 51 (46) | 31 (45) | 11(44) | 0.0065 | |||
| Tertiary school (>12) | 39 (36) | 30 (44) | 7 (28) | ||||
| Workd | |||||||
| In work | 92 (84) | 57 (83) | 21 (84) | 0.87 | |||
| Family statusd | |||||||
| Living with a partner | 98 (89) | 61 (88) | 23 (92) | 0.62 | |||
| MRS scoree | |||||||
| Somaticf | 4.2 (2.9) | 4.0 (2–6) | 3.9 (2.9) | 3.0 (2–6) | 5.1 (2.5) | 5.0 (4–7) | 0.033 |
| Urogenitalf | 2.5 (2.4) | 2.0 (1–4) | 2.2 (2.3) | 2.0 (0–4) | 3.2 (2.3) | 2.0 (2–5) | 0.091 |
| Psychologcalf | 3.8 (3.0) | 3.0 (1–6) | 3.9 (3.1) | 3.0 (1–6) | 3.8 (2.8) | 4.0 (2–6) | 0.90 |
| Totalf | 10 (6.4) | 9.5 (5–15) | 9.8 (6.6) | 8 (4–15) | 12 (5.6) | 11 (10–15) | 0.068 |
| Depression scored,g | |||||||
| No | 58 (53) | 36 (52) | 12 (48) | ||||
| Mild | 45 (41) | 29 (42) | 11 (44) | ||||
| Moderate | 7 (6.4) | 4 (58) | 2 (8) | 0.54 | |||
| Major | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Sumscore h | 8.2 (5.9) | 6.0 (4–12) | 8.6 (6.0) | 6 (4–13) | 7.6 (5.6) | 7 (4–11) | 0.58 |
a Still menstruation
b No menstruation since more than one year ago
c First figure mean values (SD)
d n (%)
e Subscale and total Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) scoring. The reference values for the symptoms are follow: > 8 (somatic), > 6 (psychological), > 3 (urogenital) and > 16 (total MRS) were defined as severe. First figure mean (SD) second figure median (25th and 75th percentile). Degree of severity of the MRS and its domains indicated; Total score; No, little (0–4), Mild (5–8), Moderate (9–16), Severe (17+), Psychological domain; No, little (0–1), Mild (2–3), Moderate (4–6), Severe (7+), Somatic domain; No, little (0–2), Mild (3–4); Moderate (5–8), Severe (9+), Urogenital domain; No, little (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2–3), Severe (4+)
f n 65
g Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) scoring
h First figure n (%) First figure mean (SD) second figure median (25th and 75th percentile). International standards; 0–6 p no depression, 7–19 p, mild depression, 20–34 p moderate depression, > 34 p severe depression