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An influence of menopausal symptoms on mental health, emotion perception, and quality of life: a multi-faceted approach

Auteurs: Sven C. Mueller, Marta De Franceschi, Julia Brzozowska, Aleksandra M. Herman, Marco Ninghetto, Kalina Burnat, Monika Grymowicz, Artur Marchewka

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 7/2024

Abstract

Purpose

The menopausal transition brings with it many physical, cognitive, and affective changes in a woman’s life, impacting quality of life. Whereas prior work has examined impact on general mental health and cognitive function, research on basic affective processing during menopause remains scarce.

Methods

Using a median-split procedure, this pre-registered study examined the impact of stronger (N = 46 women) vs. milder (N = 47 women) menopausal symptoms using a behavioural task of subjective emotion perception (embody) and a passive eye tracking viewing task of emotional faces in addition to self-report questionnaires. After 3 months, participants completed the questionnaires again to examine whether objective measures of emotion perception (eye tracking) might predict mental health at follow-up.

Results

As anticipated, women with stronger vs. milder menopausal symptoms reported increased symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, emotion regulation difficulties, and lower quality of life during both time points. While no evidence was found in the behavioural task, eye tracking data indicated blunted emotion perception in women with high menopausal symptoms, while women with low symptoms spent more time looking at happy faces relative to fearful or surprised faces. Although eye tracking or hormonal data did not predict mental health at follow-up, a higher estradiol/FSH ratio indicated a higher quality of life.

Conclusions

This study documented an impact of the menopausal transition and strength of menopausal symptoms in particular on objective emotion perception as well as mental health and quality of life in women suffering from stronger vs. milder menopausal symptoms. Clinical implications are discussed.

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In contrast to the pre-registration, data were analyzed with SPSS instead of R due to the larger familiarity of the main author with the former vs. the latter software.

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Titel: An influence of menopausal symptoms on mental health, emotion perception, and quality of life: a multi-faceted approach
Auteurs: Sven C. Mueller
Marta De Franceschi
Julia Brzozowska
Aleksandra M. Herman
Marco Ninghetto
Kalina Burnat
Monika Grymowicz
Artur Marchewka
Publicatiedatum: 03-05-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 7/2024
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03641-z

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