Menopause symptoms worse with history of psychosocial stressors
History of physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial instability linked to worse symptoms in menopause decades later
A history of psychosocial stressors is associated with worse menopausal symptoms and poorer wellbeing in midlife, according to a study published online 13 September in Menopause.
Sabrina Faleschini, PhD, from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, and colleagues examined the longitudinal associations of psychosocial stressors with menopausal symptoms and wellbeing of women in midlife in a study based on 682 women, who were enrolled during pregnancy in 1999 to 2002 and followed for about two decades.
