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Prevalence of depression and anxiety associated with obesity in women in the menopausal transition and postmenopause

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Author(s):
Wendry Maria Paixão Pereira
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR)
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Examining board members:
José Mendes Aldrighi; Maria Elenita Corrêa de Sampaio Favarato; Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt
Advisor: José Mendes Aldrighi
Abstract

Introduction - The anxiety and depression in women, during and after menopause, have been studied, once, of these damage echoes in the quality of the woman\'s life psychosocial. Objectives - Estimate the prevalence of the anxiety and depression and her association with the obesity in women in the transition menopausal and postmenopause; and to characterize the associated factors the anxiety and depression. Methods - An observational, cross-sectional study carried out on secondary data, that it investigated the anxiety and depression through inventories, in 749 women from 35 to 65 years randomly selected among women receiving care in the Family Health Program in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo Brazil . The method consisted of the application of a solemnity-referred questionnaire, the associated factors were investigated through sociodemographic, information, lifestyle habits, gynecological and obstetric history, morbidities, given anthropometry and laboratories and use of medicines. They were made analyses bivariate and multivariate, were performed and a model of multiple logistic regression was created in the Stata software program, version 9.1, with a 95% confidence interval. Results - The anxiety was present in 49,8% (95%IC: 46,2%- 53,4%) and the depression in 33,7% (95%IC: 30,4%- 37,3%) of the women. The prevalence of obese was of 68,7% (95%IC: 65,3%-72,0%). there was not association between the obesity and anxiety, depression. Factors associated with anxiety were waist circumference greater than 80 cm (p=0,005), to be smoking (p=0,001), to have made use of TH (p=0,022), income above minimum wage (p=0,002). as for the depression the factors was associate with quality of sleep (p=0,000), obstructive apnea of the sleep (p=0,002) the anguish feelings (p=0,000) and insecurity (p=0,000). Conclusion - The anxiety prevalence was high in the half women\'s, the depression reached more than a third of the women in the transition menopausal and postmenopausal, and there was not association with the obesity (AU)