This study aimed to investigate the association between the history of dysphoric disorders in the reproductive period and the presence of symptoms suggestive of depression in postmenopausal women. Cross-sectional and analytic research whose population were post-menopausal women, aged 50 to 65 years, at least 12 months of amenorrhea, residents in a interior city from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Attended the criteria of the study 122 women. Data were obtained by structured interview with social demographic information, anamnesis to identify presence of dysphoric disorders, symptoms related to menopause, hormonal replacement therapy and applied the Hamilton Depression Scale to validate presence of suggestive depression symptoms. The more frequently dysphoric disorders related by women were tiredness, joint or muscular pain, headache, nervousness and irritability. Major women presented some degree of depression symptoms and it was found association between suggestive depression symptoms and dysphoric disorders. Although not observed relation between HRT and depression symptoms, expressive number of women presented this symptom using or not HRT. The study showed association between pre-mensturaldysphoric disorders and suggestive depression symptoms in post-menopausal women.
Women; Menopause; Depression; Symptoms
