Assessment of anxiety-depressive disorders and quality of life indicators in elderly women

Abstract

Objective. To assess anxiety-depressive disorders and indicators of quality of life in elderly women.

Materials and methods. The study included 540 women with hormonal disorders in the form of a premenopausal or menopausal syndrome: 270 women, aged 44–54 years (mean age 49.1 ± 2.2), of whom 150 women with ‘–’ and 120 with ‘+’ variant of the biological age and 270 women aged 55–64 years (mean age 57.2 ± 2.4), of which 150 with ‘–‘ and 120 people with ‘+’ version of biological age. All patients, depending on the proposed variant of nutritional support and physical activity, were divided into three groups: the 1st (standard recommendations), the 2nd (standard recommendations, scandinavian walking and daily walks for at least 30 minutes), the 3rd (standard recommendations, scandinavian walking, daily walks for at least 30 minutes and nutritional support). Assessment of the degree of depression was carried out on the basis of the Beck scale. The quality of life was determined by the SF-36 Health Status Survey, a visual analogue scale for assessing the anxiety-depressive syndrome.

Results. On the scale of assessing the level of depression, the level of anxiety-depressive syndrome in women, data were obtained on a reliable improvement of this indicator with the use of nutritional support and physical activity. The maximum difference was noted in older persons with ‘–‘ and ‘+’ variant of biological age. On the scale of assessing the level of psychological health in women, we obtained data on improving this indicator with nutritional support and physical activity, but a significant difference was found only in comparison with patients who received neither nutritional support nor physical activity.

Conclusion. The use of nutritional support and physical activity in elderly women improves the parameters of quality of life, especially in terms of general health, depression and social functioning.