Climacteric Depression in Beijing / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the morbidity of climacteric depression in Beijing area. Method: Among 18 districts and counties of Beijing area, using the stratified clustering and probability proportional method sampled 7232 women aged 40 to 65. The subjects completed Zung's self-rating depression scale, possible risk factors were also collected. Result: 6786 valid questionnaires were analyzed, among them, 223 suffered from climacteric depression (3.65%). The depressive symptoms had a significant positive correlation with the climacteric syndromes. Risk factors of depression included history of abortion or premature birth, duration of menopause, hypertension, bone fracture, smoking and incompatible with their husband. Family history of psychiatric illness had no influence in this study.Conclusion:Depression in climacteric women is not only a mental health problem, but also a biopsychosocial problem.