Menstrual cycle related depressive symptoms and their diurnal fluctuations - an ambulatory assessment study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reproductive mood disorders indicate that within-person variation in depressive symptoms across the menstrual cycle can be related to ovarian hormone changes. Until now, such cycle-related symptom changes have been measured once daily, even though depression research indicates systematic diurnal changes in symptoms. Further, previous research often focused on aggregated depression scores. This study examined whether three daily assessments of depressive symptoms follow similar trajectories across the menstrual cycle and investigated within-person cyclical fluctuation of all individual symptoms and the aggregated score.

Methods

77 naturally-cycling participants (35 with and 42 without depressive disorder) provided three daily ratings of depressive symptoms across o

SUBMITTER: Klusmann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature