Lifetime History of Depression and Anxiety Disorders Predicts Low Quality-of-Life in Midlife Women in the Absence of Current Illness Episodes

摘要

ContextIt is unknown whether a previous history of depression, anxiety disorders, or comorbid depression and anxiety influences subsequent health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) during midlife in women when vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and sleep disturbance commonly disrupt quality-of-life.