Quality of life and the role of menopausal hormone therapy

ABSTRACT The quality of life of countless menopausal women world-wide has been significantly diminished following the sensationalist reporting of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the resulting 50% or more decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) over the subsequent 10 year...

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Published in:Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society 2012-06, Vol.15 (3), p.213-216
Main Authors: Pines, A., Sturdee, D. W., MacLennan, A. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Female
Hormone replacement therapy
Humans
Menopause
Middle Aged
QUALITY OF LIFE
Risk factors
STOPPING HRT
Women's Health
WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE
Womens health
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Summary:ABSTRACT The quality of life of countless menopausal women world-wide has been significantly diminished following the sensationalist reporting of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the resulting 50% or more decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) over the subsequent 10 years. Quality of life is difficult to measure as there are so many contributing factors and a large number of different instruments, some of which assess general health and only a few which specifically include symptoms related to menopause. HRT improves quality of life of symptomatic menopausal women and some studies of the effects of HRT provide reliable evidence on quality of life other than reduction in vasomotor symptoms. Until there is a better understanding of the minimal risks of HRT for the majority of women, too many will continue to suffer a reduced quality of life unnecessarily.
ISSN:1369-7137
1473-0804
DOI:10.3109/13697137.2012.655923