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A study of the experience of Glasgow women in the climacteric years
Author(s) -
BARLOW D. H.,
GROSSET K. A.,
HART H.,
HART D. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03195.x
Subject(s) - oophorectomy , climacteric , medicine , hormone replacement therapy (female to male) , menopause , hysterectomy , gynecology , obstetrics , surgery , testosterone (patch)
Summary Overall, 424 women between 40 and 60 years of age were interviewed with reference to their experience of the menopause; 179 (42%) expressed a ‘need for treatment’ which was more marked in those who had had a hysterectomy (57%) or oophorectomy (76%). Of those who sought help (174) a large majority (92%) had seen their general practitioner and 72% received some form of drug therapy, predominantly hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or psychotropic drugs. Twenty‐eight women were currently having HRT (7%) and 39 (9%) had previously had HRT. Only 12 women (3%) had received >3 years of HRT and nine of these had had an oophorectomy. Only 1% of other women were ‘long‐term’ users of HRT. Of the 424 women 11% expressed dissatisfaction with their general practitioner's approach to this subject.