Patient Knowledge About Hormone Replacement Therapy

Connelly, Maureen T.; Rusinak, Donna; Livingston, Wendy W.; Raeke, Lisa H.; Inui, Thomas S.

doi:10.1097/00042192-200007040-00009

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“…The majority of women in this study had some college preparation, were married, and were white. These characteristics are common for the baby boomer generation and also reported by Obermeyer et al (2004) and by Connelly, Rusinak, Livingston, Raeke, and Inui (2000). In this study, some of the women had already experienced some height loss, possibly suggesting some increased bone loss with the decrease in estrogen production.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Perimenopausal symptoms, quality of life, and health behaviors in users and nonusers of hormone therapy

Twiss

Wegner

Hunter

et al. 2007

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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Perimenopause is more than hot flashes and abnormal menses. A checklist of perimenopausal symptoms should be used as an assessment tool at each annual visit or more frequently to determine the significance of the symptoms a woman might be experiencing. Assessing the perimenopausal knowledge base is very important. Most importantly, there is a need for perimenopausal educational programs to be developed and implemented.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Perimenopausal symptoms, quality of life, and health behaviors in users and nonusers of hormone therapy

Twiss

Wegner

Hunter

et al. 2007

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

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“…There have been trials of decision‐making aids, and some of those have noted that women may be better informed but that may not affect their attitudes or decisions made (O'Connor et al , 1998), although other studies suggest that women who had better estimates of the likelihood of certain outcomes made more consistent decisions (Holmes‐Rovner et al , 1999), with less conflict between women and their physicians (Légaré et al 2003; Murray et al , 2001) or more realistic expectations (Dodin et al , 2001) or feeling of greater involvement in the decision making (Newton et al , 2001; Connelly et al , 2000). Other trials indicate the women like web‐based tools (Barnabei et al , 2008) or prefer computerised decision aids to print tools (Rostom et al , 2002) in helping them prepare for decision making about hormone replacement therapy but another study indicates that the effectiveness of the tool may depend on the urgency of making a decision (Saver et al , 2007), or the confidence in the tool (Bastian et al , 2002).…”

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Information behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender

Urquhart

Yeoman

2010

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in information behaviour research and, if so, how? Design/methodology/approach -A metasynthesis approach is used. A preliminary framework to categorise information behaviour research on women is developed by integrating main themes from feminist research and information behaviour research. Within each category, studies are compared and contrasted, to identify similar and divergent themes. Themes are then compared across categories, to synthesise the main concepts. Findings -The categorisation works for most studies, apart from a group of studies on health information use, communicating risk and decision making. The meta-synthesis indicates the importance of concepts such as situation (as mesh), intermediaries (as node with connections), and connecting behaviour. Gender-related or, rather gender-ascribed, constructs, such as concern for others, not gender alone are likely to be important variables in information behaviour.Research limitations/implications -The meta-synthesis is a top-level synthesis, as the number of studies prohibited a more detailed approach. Further meta-synthesis of a few high quality research studies would help to confirm the findings. Practical implications -The synthesis illuminates a different perspective on information behaviour: the network of information users rather than the individual information seeker. Originality/value -The synthesis integrates some feminist research themes with information behaviour research, and the findings have implications for general information behaviour research. IntroductionThe aim is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in information behaviour research, and if so, how. In many studies of the seeking and use of information by different groups, gender (sex) may be recorded as a demographic variable, but with no further examination of different behaviour that may be associated with women rather than men. This is, as Hupfer and Detlor (2006) point out, puzzling, as many studies have indicated sex differences in spatial orientation, attitude towards computers, and verbal skills -all factors that might influence information seeking preferences on the internet and use of electronic information services. In other research, by virtue of the group chosen (e.g. battered women,

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“…A logistic regression, with all background factors included (Table 2) shown that HT use was more common in women with higher education than women with lower education but this association seems to be declining 28,[30][31] .…”

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Knowledge of reproductive physiology and hormone therapy in 53- to 54-year-old Swedish women

Lindh-Åstrand

Brynhildsen²,

Hoffmann³

et al. 2007

Menopause

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Knowledge of reproductive physiology and hormone therapy in 53-to 54-year-old Swedish women: a population-based study., 2007, Menopause, (14) Women with low educational level were more likely to answer the questions by stating that they were unsure than did women with high educational level. Ever users of HT knew more than never-users about risks and benefits of HT in relation to breast cancer and osteoporosis, and ever-users thought that the risks of thrombosis and myocardial infarction were lower than did never-users. Conclusions:Women need improved knowledge of the risks and benefits of HT as well as education about the reproductive system around menopause. This would probably better support and empower menopausal women to manage an important period of their lives.

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Patient Knowledge About Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Perimenopausal symptoms, quality of life, and health behaviors in users and nonusers of hormone therapy

Perimenopausal symptoms, quality of life, and health behaviors in users and nonusers of hormone therapy

Information behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender

Knowledge of reproductive physiology and hormone therapy in 53- to 54-year-old Swedish women

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