Kristen Nishimi1, Rebecca C Thurston2, Lori B Chibnik3, Andrea L Roberts4, Jennifer A Sumner5, Rebecca B Lawn6, Shelley S Tworoger7, Yongjoo Kim8, Karestan C Koenen9, Laura D Kubzansky10. 1. Mental Health Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: Kristen.nishimi@ucsf.edu. 2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 3. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 5. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 7. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA. 8. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; College of Korean Medicine, Sangji University, Wonju, Republic of Korea. 9. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 10. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Earlier menopause, either natural or through gynecologic surgeries, has been associated with various negative health sequelae. While posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to dysregulated biological processes, including reproductive system changes that could alter menopausal timing, little work has examined whether trauma and PTSD are associated with greater risk of early cessation of menses. METHODS: Data are from 46,639 women in the Nurses' Health Study II, a prospective cohort study of women followed for up to 26 years. Lifetime trauma and PTSD symptoms were assessed with the Brief Trauma Questionnaire and a PTSD symptom screener in 2008. Age at cessation of menses and reason for cessation of menses (i.e., natural menopause, gynecologic surgery including hysterectomy and/or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy [BSO]) were assessed. Cox proportional hazards models estimated hazards ratios (HR) of cessation of menses (separately for naturally or surgically) associated with trauma alone or PTSD symptoms, relative to no trauma, adjusting for covariates. RESULTS: Trauma/PTSD status was associated with earlier cessation of menses due to surgery, but not natural menopause. Women with trauma exposure, low, and high PTSD symptoms had higher hazard of cessation of menses due to surgery relative to those with no trauma exposure (HRtrauma = 1.16, 95%CI 1.07-1.26; HRlow PTSD = 1.25, 95%CI 1.15-1.36; HRhigh PTSD = 1.29, 95%CI 1.17-1.42). Trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms were associated with similarly increased risk of hysterectomy and BSO surgeries. CONCLUSIONS: Women who experienced trauma and PTSD may be at elevated risk for common gynecological surgeries premenopausally, potentially due to increased clinical indications or gynecological conditions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
BACKGROUND: Earlier menopause, either natural or through gynecologic surgeries, has been associated with various negative health sequelae. While posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to dysregulated biological processes, including reproductive system changes that could alter menopausal timing, little work has examined whether trauma and PTSD are associated with greater risk of early cessation of menses. METHODS: Data are from 46,639 women in the Nurses' Health Study II, a prospective cohort study of women followed for up to 26 years. Lifetime trauma and PTSD symptoms were assessed with the Brief Trauma Questionnaire and a PTSD symptom screener in 2008. Age at cessation of menses and reason for cessation of menses (i.e., natural menopause, gynecologic surgery including hysterectomy and/or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy [BSO]) were assessed. Cox proportional hazards models estimated hazards ratios (HR) of cessation of menses (separately for naturally or surgically) associated with trauma alone or PTSD symptoms, relative to no trauma, adjusting for covariates. RESULTS: Trauma/PTSD status was associated with earlier cessation of menses due to surgery, but not natural menopause. Women with trauma exposure, low, and high PTSD symptoms had higher hazard of cessation of menses due to surgery relative to those with no trauma exposure (HRtrauma = 1.16, 95%CI 1.07-1.26; HRlow PTSD = 1.25, 95%CI 1.15-1.36; HRhigh PTSD = 1.29, 95%CI 1.17-1.42). Trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms were associated with similarly increased risk of hysterectomy and BSO surgeries. CONCLUSIONS: Women who experienced trauma and PTSD may be at elevated risk for common gynecological surgeries premenopausally, potentially due to increased clinical indications or gynecological conditions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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