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Menopause is one of the most critical periods in women's life and the symptoms may be experience is the challenges of care health. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the symptoms of menopause and the level of anxiety and depression during the period of approaching menopause.

In this analytical cross sectional study, 100 women aged 45-60 years were selected by cluster sampling method in Gonabad, Iran, 2003. The women were living with their spouses and did not have any serious difficulties at home. They did not have any suspected or confirmed pregnancy, and were not taking oral contraceptives or using any kind of hormone replacement therapy. Cases did not have a surgical history of hysterectomy or oophorectomy; and moreover, they did not have a history of any mental illnesses or chronic physical diseases. The tools used in this study included …