NAMS-gallup survey on women's knowledge, information sources, and attitudes to menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Wulf H Utian; Isaac Schiff

doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000001213

NAMS-gallup survey on women's knowledge, information sources, and attitudes to menopause and hormone replacement therapy

Menopause. 2018 Nov;25(11):1172-1179. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001213.

Authors

Wulf H Utian¹, Isaac Schiff²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Vincent Memorial Gynecology Services, Women's Care Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

PMID: 30358709
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001213

Abstract

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) sponsored a Gallup Organization survey of 833 women aged 45-60 to determine attitudes and experience with menopause and various forms of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The results of this survey are presented herein.

MeSH terms

Drug Therapy, Combination / adverse effects
Estrogen Replacement Therapy / adverse effects
Estrogen Replacement Therapy / psychology*
Estrogens / adverse effects
Estrogens / therapeutic use
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Medication Adherence
Menopause / psychology*
Middle Aged
Patient Satisfaction
Pharmaceutical Research
Progestins / adverse effects
Progestins / therapeutic use
Quality of Life
Selection Bias
Surveys and Questionnaires*
Treatment Refusal

Substances

Estrogens
Progestins