Open AccessThe Relationship between Menopause and Depression in Padang
Author(s) -
Hidayat Arde,
Ariadi Ariadi,
Firdawati Firdawati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
andalas obstetrics and gynecology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-8413
pISSN - 2579-8324
DOI - 10.25077/aoj.5.2.206-214.2021
Subject(s) - menopause , depression (economics) , rating scale , incidence (geometry) , observational study , marital status , medicine , psychology , demography , developmental psychology , population , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Objectives: to analyze the relationship between menopause and depression in PadangMethods : This type of research is an analytical observational with a comparative cross sectional approach that looks at the relationship between menopause and depression incidence. The research was conducted in the working area of the Padang City Health Center from April to June 2020. The instrument used in this study was the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS / Ham-D) which was used to measure the level of depression and a questionnaire to ask questions related to the characteristics of the respondents.Results: A study was conducted on 170 people consisting of 85 respondents who had menopause and 85 respondents who had not yet menopause. Conclusion: As many as 50 (58.8%) menopausal respondents experienced depression and 35 (41.2%) respondents did not experience depression. There is a relationship between menopause and depression (p 0.05)Keywords: depression, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale , menoupause