Beliefs regarding menopausal hot flushes among climacteric women as assessed with the Hot Flush Beliefs Scale

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Chedraui, Peter ^a,b   Pérez López, Faustino R ^a,b   Aguirre, Wellington ^a,b   Calle, Andrés ^a,b   Hidalgo, Luis ^a,b   León León, Patricia ^a,b   Miranda, Octavio ^a,b   Martínez, Nalo ^a,b   Mendoza, Marcela ^a,b   Narváez, Jorge ^a,b   Sánchez, Hugo ^a,b   Schwager, Gino ^a,b   Quintero, Juan C ^a,b   Zambrano, Branly ^a,b   Barrezueta, Jessica ^a,b   Hernández, Diego ^a,b   Paredes, Julio E ^a  

^a Menopause Society (SECLIM)   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Climacteric; Ecuador; Hot Flush Beliefs Scale; Hot flushes; Menopause

Indexed keywords

PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECUADOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77953020831     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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