The team suggested that one biological reason is that the drop in oestrogen women experience during menopause triggers depressive symptoms.
Perimenopausal women have a 40% higher risk of suffering depression than those experiencing no menopausal symptoms, research suggests.
Physical symptoms include hot flushes, difficulty sleeping, heart palpitations, muscle aches and joint pains, and weight gain. The team suggested that one biological reason – discussed in previous research – is that the drop in oestrogen women experience during menopause triggers the onset of new symptoms or the worsening of pre-existing depressive symptoms.
Lead author and UCL Masters student Yasmeen Badawy said: “Combining data from global studies indicates that these findings cannot be attributed to cultural factors or lifestyle changes alone which have been sometimes used to explain the depressive symptoms that women experience during perimenopause.”
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