Patient decision aid on natural health products for menopausal symptoms: Randomized controlled trial

Menopause International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Légaré, France ^a   Leblanc, Annie ^a   Tapp, Sylvie ^a   Dodin, Sylvie ^b   Stacey, Dawn ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Menopause; natural health products; patient decision aids; randomized controlled trial; women's health

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATIENT DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 56149084855     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: 17540461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2008.008014     Document Type: Article

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