Perceptions of and attitudes toward estrogen therapy among surgically menopausal women in Taiwan

Menopause : the Journal of the North American Menopause Society
Ruey-Jien ChenSong-Nan Chow

Abstract

To evaluate awareness of and attitudes toward estrogen therapy (ET) among surgically menopausal women in Taiwan. We performed a retrospective analysis of 188 women who underwent hysterectomy with bilateral oophorectomy before menopause. Responses to a questionnaire included women's thoughts about 20 of the most common menopausal symptoms, whether they used ET, and their attitudes about taking ET. Mean respondent age at surgery was 45.3+/-4.2 (SD) years; 59 women (31.4%) were either current or former users of ET. Vegetarians had a lower rate of ET use (9.5%) than omnivores (34.1%, P=0.0239, chi2 test). By multiple logistic regression, insomnia (P=0.005), palpitations (P=0.024), and cold sweats (P=0.027) were the symptoms most associated with ET use. The prevalence rates of the 20 menopausal symptoms ranged from 48.9% to 85.6%. By factor analysis, the 20 symptoms were grouped into four clusters: psychological, vasomotor, genital, and somatic. Although ET can improve all 20 symptoms, the effect was superior for the vasomotor cluster (P<0.0001, analysis of variance). Of the women, 154 (81.9%) were aware of ET, and their major sources of information about it were health professionals (48.1%) and the mass media (34.4%). Only 49.5% of...Continue Reading

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