Hysterectomy and incidence of depressive symptoms in midlife women: the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

There is limited longitudinal research that has looked at the longer term incidence of depressive symptoms, comparing women with a hysterectomy to women without a hysterectomy. We aimed to investigate the association between hysterectomy status and the 12-year incidence of depressive symptoms in a mid-aged cohort of Australian women, and whether these relationships were modified by use of exogenous hormones.

Methods

We used generalised estimating equation models for binary outcome data to assess the associations of the incidence of depressive symptoms (measured by the 10-item Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) across five surveys over a 12-year period, in women with a hysterectomy with ovarian conservation, or a hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy c

SUBMITTER: Wilson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998864 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature