How do women living with HIV experience menopause? Menopausal symptoms, anxiety and depression according to reproductive age in a multicenter cohort

• DOI: 10.1186/s12905-021-01370-w
• Publication Date: 2021-05-28T08:05:59Z
• Authors: Ines Suarez-García; Belén Alejos; Maria-Jesús Pérez...; Jose-Antonio Irib...; Asunción Hernando; Margarita Ramírez; María Tasias; Mario Pascual; Inma Jarrin; Victoria Hernando
• Keywords: Depression

To estimate the prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms anxiety/depression to assess differences according status among women living with HIV aged 45-60 years from cohort Spanish HIV/AIDS Research Network (CoRIS).Women were interviewed by phone between September 2017 December 2018 determine whether they had experienced anxiety/depression. The Menopause Rating Scale was used evaluate related menopause in three subscales: somatic, psychologic urogenital; 4-item Patient Health Questionnaire for Logistic regression models odds ratios (ORs) association status, other potential risk factors, presence psychological urogenital anxiety/depression.Of 251 included, 137 (54.6%) post-, 70 (27.9%) peri- 44 (17.5%) pre-menopausal, respectively. Median age onset 48 (IQR 45-50). proportions pre-, post-menopausal who any 45.5%, 60.0% 66.4%, Both post-menopause associated a higher likelihood having somatic (aOR 3.01; 95% CI 1.38-6.55 2.63; 1.44-4.81, respectively), while increased (2.16; 1.13-4.14) (2.54; 1.42-4.85). By hand, statistically significant five-fold increase presenting severe than pre-menopausal (4.90; 1.74-13.84). No found Joint/muscle problems, exhaustion sleeping disorders most commonly reported all women. Differences prevalences vaginal dryness (p = 0.002), joint/muscle complaints 0.032), sweating/flush 0.032) groups.Women wide variety symptoms, some them initiated before menstrual irregularity. We women, Most low or moderate severity, probably due good clinical immunological situation these