The effect of a randomized 12-week soy drink intervention on everyday mood in postmenopausal women

Simpson, Ellen E. A., Furlong, Orlaith N., Parr, Heather, Hodge, Stephanie J., Slevin, Mary M., McSorley, Emeir M., McCormack, Jacqueline M., McConville, Christopher and Magee, Pamela J. (2019) The effect of a randomized 12-week soy drink intervention on everyday mood in postmenopausal women. Menopause-The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, 26 (8). pp. 867-873. ISSN 1072-3714

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Abstract

Objective: Dietary soy may improve menopausal symptoms, and subsequently mediate mood. This novel study examines various doses of dietary soy drink on everyday mood stability and variability in postmenopausal women. Methods: Community-dwelling women (n = 101), within 7 years postmenopause, consumed daily either a low (10 mg, n = 35), medium (35 mg, n = 37), or high (60 mg, n = 29) dose of isoflavones, for 12 weeks. Menopausal symptoms and repeated measures of everyday mood (positive [PA] and negative [NA] affect) (assessed at four time points per day for 4 consecutive days, using The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) were completed at baseline and follow-up. Results: The dietary soy intervention had no effect on everyday mood stability (for PA [F{2,70} = 0.95, P = 0.390] and NA [F{2,70} = 0.72, P = 0.489]) or variability (for PA [F{2,70} = 0.21, P = 0.807] and for NA [F{2,70} = 0.15, P = 0.864]), or on menopausal symptoms (for vasomotor [F{2,89} = 2.83, P = 0.064], psychological [F{2,88} = 0.63, P = 0.535], somatic [F{2,89} = 0.32, P = 0.729], and total menopausal symptoms [F{2,86} = 0.79, P = 0.458]). There were between-group differences with the medium dose reporting higher PA (low, mean 24.2, SD 6; and medium, mean 29.7, SD 6) and the low dose reporting higher NA (P = 0. 048) (low, mean 11.6, SD 2; and high, mean 10.6, SD 1) in mood scores. Psychological (baseline M = 18 and follow-up M = 16.5) and vasomotor (baseline M = 4.2 and follow-up M = 3.6) scores declined from baseline to follow-up for the overall sample. Conclusions: Soy isoflavones had no effect on mood at any of the doses tested. Future research should focus on the menopause transition from peri to postmenopause as there may be a window of vulnerability, with fluctuating hormones and increased symptoms which may affect mood.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	postmenopause,soy,mood,vasomotor,soy isoflavones
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Related URLs:	https://journals.lww.com/menopausejourna...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 May 2019 15:30
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 14:01
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71179
DOI:	10.1097/GME.0000000000001322

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