Is Anxiety Associated with Vasomotor Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women with Insomnia Complaints?
Leandro Lucena, Beatriz Hachul de Campos, Letícia Dimov, Sergio Tufik, Helena Hachul · 2025
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Description
Leandro Lucena and co-authors examine how hot flashes, anxiety, and poor sleep intertwine after menopause. They studied 71 postmenopausal women who all complained of insomnia, splitting them into 41 who had suffered hot flashes in the past month and 30 who had not. Every woman completed standard questionnaires covering menopausal symptoms, anxiety, depression, and insomnia severity.
Across the whole group, higher anxiety tracked closely with more severe menopausal symptoms. The link was especially clear in the women with hot flashes, who were also more likely to land in the severe anxiety range. Depression and insomnia scores, by contrast, did not separate the two groups. The authors conclude that hot flashes mark a heavier emotional load in this population, with anxiety the symptom most tightly bound to them.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leandro Lucena, Beatriz Hachul de Campos, Letícia Dimov, Sergio Tufik, Helena Hachul |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |