A new study suggests that women’s menopause can affect mental performance, and a decline in memory can continue in the period after menopause.
The study suggests that, if you are a little more forgetful or have difficulty coping with complex concepts than you used to, the menopause stage may be your problem.
A new study finds that the stage of menopause is a key determinant of psychosis and, contrary to previous studies, shows that some mental decline may continue into the period after menopause. Study results are published online in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Association (NAMS).
It is widely accepted that people’s memories diminish with age, as does the ability to learn new things and grasp challenging concepts. But several large studies have suggested that menopause is a specific sex risk factor for a mental disorder that is independent of aging and menopause symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and hot flashes.
Many of the previous studies, however, did not identify the duration of the mental changes that took place between premenopause and perimenopause but suggested that problems in memory and processing may resolve in the postmenopause period.
A new study involving more than 440 women of low-income color, including women with HIV, concluded that the rate of menopause is a key psychological test but that clinically significant dementia / brain impairment leading to postmenopause, mainly affecting learning and memory. In addition, a lower reduction in attention was found to lead to postmenopause.
Researchers argued that the difference in outcomes compared to the duration of mental decline could be explained by the fact that this new study included more women with income- low intake with several risk factors for mental disorders, including the presence of HIV. Previous studies have identified a number of risk factors in brain function, including HIV, poverty, low education, substance misuse, high levels of stress, limited access to quality health care, mental health problems , and medical comorbidities.
The new study is the first known study to assess changes in mental performance over menopause. In particular it showed a mental decline over time in learning, memory, and attention from premenopause to early perimenopause and from premenopause to postmenopause. Many of these changes have been documented to reach a clinical stage of mental impairment.
Results are published in the article “Mental changes during the menopausal transition: a long-term study in women with and without HIV.”
“This study, which included a racially diverse sample of women and low-income women with HIV, adds to the existing literature on cognitive changes across the menopause trend and show significant cognitive decline in learning and memory that led to postmenopause.Additional research is needed to confirm these conclusions and the factors that account for individual differences. in identifying mental changes, ”said Dr. Stephanie Faubion, NAMS medical director.
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