دورية أكاديمية
Andropause and psychopathology: minor symptoms rather than pathological ones.
| العنوان: | Andropause and psychopathology: minor symptoms rather than pathological ones. |
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| المؤلفون: | Delhez, Marie, Hansenne, Michel, Legros, Jean-Jacques |
| المصدر: | Psychoneuroendocrinology, 28 (7), 863-74 (2003) |
| بيانات النشر: | Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science |
| سنة النشر: | 2003 |
| المجموعة: | University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Aged, Aging, Anxiety/epidemiology, Depression/epidemiology, Follicle Stimulating Hormone/blood, Humans, Hypogonadism/etiology/psychology, Luteinizing Hormone/blood, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin/analysis, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/epidemiology, Testosterone/blood, Human health sciences, Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition, Sciences de la santé humaine, Endocrinologie, métabolisme & nutrition |
| الوصف: | peer reviewed ; This study examined the psychological symptomatology of men diagnosed with andropause and the association between calculated free testosterone (T) and depressed mood, anxiety and quality of life. Subjects were 153 men, aged 50-70 years, who participated in a screening of andropause. Total testosterone, FSH, LH and SHBG levels were measured. Depressed mood was assessed with the Carroll Rating Scale, anxiety with the "anxiety-insomnia" dimension of the General Health Questionnaire, and quality of life with the World Health Organisation Quality of Life questionnaire. The results showed that levels of free T decreased with age, whereas FSH and LH increased. Carroll Rating Scale scores were higher among hypogonadal subjects, but the mean score was low and not pathological. A negative correlation was observed between severity of depression as assessed by the Carroll Rating Scale and free T levels. However, subjects with a significant score on this scale did not exhibit different free T levels compared to subjects with a non-significant depressive score. Anxiety and quality of life did not differ between hypogonadal and eugonadal subjects. The present study therefore suggests that andropause is not characterised by specific psychological symptoms, but may be associated with "depressive symptoms" that are not considered as pathological. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0306-4530 1873-3360 |
| العلاقة: | urn:issn:0306-4530; urn:issn:1873-3360; https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/5987Test; info:hdl:2268/5987; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/5987/1/Delhez%20Psychoneuroendocrinology.pdfTest; scopus-id:2-s2.0-0038821875; info:pmid:12892654 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00102-6 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4530Test(02)00102-6 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/5987Test https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/5987/1/Delhez%20Psychoneuroendocrinology.pdfTest |
| حقوق: | open access ; http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Test ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.370DB4D8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| تدمد: | 03064530 18733360 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00102-6 |