Race and health-related quality of life in midlife women in Baltimore, Maryland

Maturitas

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a,b   Miller, Susan ^c   Zacur, Howard ^c   Flaws, Jodi A ^d  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Menopause; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CLIMACTERIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67349170002     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. McHorney C.A. Health status assessment methods for adults: past accomplishments and future challenges. Annu Rev Public Health 20 (1999) 309-335
2. Bankowski B.J., Gallicchio L.M., Whiteman M.K., Lewis L.M., Zacur H.A., and Flaws J.A. The association between menopausal symptoms and quality of life in midlife women. Fertil Steril 86 (2006) 1006-1008
3. Avis N.E., Assmann S.F., Kravitz H.M., Ganz P.A., and Ory M. Quality of life in diverse groups of midlife women: assessing the influence of menopause, health status and psychosocial and demographic factors. Qual Life Res 13 (2004) 933-946
4. Ledesert B., Ringa V., and Breart G. Menopause and perceived health status among the women of the French GAZEL cohort. Maturitas 20 (1994) 113-120
5. Mishra G., and Kuh D. Perceived change in quality of life during the menopause. Soc Sci Med 62 (2006) 93-102
6. Avis N.E., Ory M., Matthews K.A., Schocken M., Bromberger J., and Colvin A. Health-related quality of life in a multiethnic sample of middle-aged women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Med Care 41 (2003) 1262-1276
7. Appling S., Paez K., and Allen J. Ethnicity and vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16 8 (2007) 1130-1138
8. Miller S.R., Gallicchio L.M., Lewis L.M., et al. Association between race and hot flashes in midlife women. Maturitas 54 (2006) 260-269
9. Avis N.E., Stellato R., Crawford S., et al. Is there a menopausal syndrome? Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups. Soc Sci Med 52 (2001) 345-356
10. Schnatz P.F., Serra J., O'sullivan D.M., et al. Menopausal symptoms in Hispanic women and the role of socioeconomic factors. Obstet Gynecol Surv 61 (2006) 187-193
11. Avis N.E., Zhao X., Johannes C.B., Ory M., Brockwell S., and Greendale G.A. Correlates of sexual function among multi-ethnic middle-aged women: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause 12 4 (2005) 385-398
12. Cantril H. The pattern of human concerns (1965), Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ
13. Gallicchio L., Miller S.R., Visvanathan K., et al. Cigarette smoking, estrogen levels, and hot flashes in midlife women. Maturitas 53 (2006) 133-143
14. Radloff L.S. The CES-D scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psychol Meas 3 (1977) 385-401
15. Zich J.M., Attkisson C.C., and Greenfield T.K. Screening for depression in primary care clinics: the CES-D and the BDI. Int J Psychiatry Med 20 (1990) 259-277
16. Laferrere B., Zhu S., Clarkson J.R., et al. Race, menopause, health-related quality of life, and psychological well-being in obese women. Obes Res 10 12 (2002) 1270-1275
17. Jackson-Triche M.E., Greer Sullivan J., Wells K.B., Rogers W., Camp P., and Mazel R. Depression and health-related quality of life in ethnic minorities seeking care in general medical settings. J Affect Disord 58 (2000) 89-97
18. Ashing-Giwa K., Ganz P.A., and Petersen L. Quality of life of African-American and white long term breast carcinoma survivors. Cancer 85 (1999) 418-426
19. Penninx B.W., Guralnik J.M., Simonsick E.M., Kasper J.D., Ferrucci L., and Fried L.P. Emotional vitality among disabled older women: the Women's Health and Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 46 (1998) 807-815
20. Kutner N.G., and Devins G.M. A comparison of the quality of life reported by elderly whites and elderly blacks on dialysis. Geriatr Nephrol Urol 8 (1998) 77-83
21. Zollner Y.F., Acquadro C., and Schaefer M. Literature review of instruments to assess health-related quality of life during and after menopause. Qual Life Res 14 (2005) 309-327