%0 Journal Article %T Depress£¿o no climat¨¦rio: indicadores biopsicossociais %A Nievas %A Andr¨¦ia Fernanda %A Furegato %A Antonia Regina Ferreira %A Iannetta %A Odilon %A Santos %A Jair Licio Ferreira %J Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria %D 2006 %I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro %R 10.1590/S0047-20852006000400003 %X objective: this study aimed to identify the presence of depressive symptoms in women during the climacteric and to analyze the related biopsychosocial indicators. methods: the questionnaire for the identification and context of women during the climacteric and beck£¿s inventory were applied to 30 women who first attended the multidisciplinary menopause outpatient clinic at the hcrp/fmrp/usp, brazil. data were statistically processed through bivariate and multivariate analysis. results: according to the beck inventory the presence of depression was identified in 14 of the 30 women attended in that outpatient clinic from november 2003 to december 2004. conclusion: results showed the increased presence of depressive symptoms in non-white women between 40 and 49 years old, who had a partner, belonged to biological groups b or c, were going through problems with their partner, had drinking habits and had faced a situation of recent death or unemployment in the family. %K depression %K climacteric %K nursing. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0047-20852006000400003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en