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Menopause and perceived health status among the women of the french GAZEL cohort
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It is suggested that the treatment of menopausal symptoms with medication of proven efficacy may prevent lowering of quality of life due to menopause.About:
This article is published in Maturitas.The article was published on 1994-12-01. It has received 85 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nottingham Health Profile & Quality of life (healthcare).read more
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Sleep difficulty in women at midlife: a community survey of sleep and the menopausal transition.
Howard M. Kravitz,Patricia A. Ganz,Joyce T. Bromberger,Lynda H. Powell,Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,Peter M. Meyer +5 more
TL;DR: To compare age-adjusted and ethnic differences in prevalences of sleep difficulty at various stages of the menopausal transition and to determine the relative contribution of other factors, including vasomotor symptoms, sociodemographics, and psychological and physical health factor.
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Psychosocial and socioeconomic burden of vasomotor symptoms in menopause: A comprehensive review
TL;DR: There is a need for additional targeted therapies for menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms, validated by results from controlled clinical trials that are safe, efficacious, cost-effective, and well tolerated by symptomatic menopausal women.
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Prevalence of hot flushes and night sweats around the world: a systematic review
E W Freeman,Katherine Sherif +1 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of hot flushes and night sweats, two prevalent symptoms of menopause, across the menopausal stages in different cultures and considers potential explanations for differences in prevalence rates are reviewed.
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Menopause-specific questionnaire assessment in US population-based study shows negative impact on health-related quality of life
TL;DR: Assessment of the impact of menopausal symptoms on health-related quality of life in a large US population-based study found treatments that safely and effectively treat these symptoms could improve quality oflife among postmenopausal women.
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Quality of life after the menopause: a population study
Juan E. Blümel,Camil Castelo-Branco,Lorena Binfa,G. Gramegna,X. Tacla,B. Aracena,M.A. Cumsille,A. Sanjuán +7 more
TL;DR: Menopause causes a decrease in quality of life, which is independent from age and other sociodemographic variables, and logistic regression demonstrated that the only variable found to cause a significant impairment in QoL was menopause.
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The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population
TL;DR: The CES-D scale as discussed by the authors is a short self-report scale designed to measure depressive symptomatology in the general population, which has been used in household interview surveys and in psychiatric settings.
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The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection.
John E. Ware,Cathy D. Sherbourne +1 more
TL;DR: A 36-item short-form survey designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys to survey health status in the Medical Outcomes Study is constructed.
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A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire
TL;DR: In this article, a shorter, 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) consisting of four subscales: somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction and severe depression was proposed.
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A scaled version of general health questionnaire
D P Goldberg,V Hillier +1 more
TL;DR: The factor structure of the symptomatology of the General Health Questionnaire when it is completed in a primary care setting is found to be very similar for 3 independent sets of data.
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The Nottingham Health Profile: subjective health status and medical consultations.
TL;DR: The study indicates that the Nottingham Health Profile is a valid and sensitive measure of subjective health, which may well be a better predictor of need for and utilization of health services than “hard” data such as mortality and morbidity statistics.