Perceived control over menopausal hot flushes in mid-aged women

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Chedraui, Peter ^a   Pérez López, Faustino R ^a   Aguirre, Wellington ^a   Calle, Andrés ^a   Hidalgo, Luis ^a   León León, Patricia ^a   Miranda, Octavio ^a   Martínez, Nalo ^a   Mendoza, Marcela ^a   Narávez, Jorge ^a   Sánchez, Hugo ^a   Schwager, Gino ^a   Quintero, Juan C ^a   Zambrano, Branly ^a   Leimberg, María L ^a   Vallarino, Varinia ^a   Vega, Bernardo ^a  

^a Research Group for the Ecuadorian Climacteric and Menopause Society (SECLIM)   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

climacteric; Ecuador; Hot flushes; menopause; Perceived Control Index; severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954783614     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513591003632282     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Hess R, Olshansky E, Ness R, Bryce CL, Dillon SB, Kapoor W, Chang CC, Matthews KA. Pregnancy and birth history influence women's experience of menopause. Menopause 2008;15:435-441.
2. Ishizuka B, Kudo Y, Tango T. Cross-sectional community survey of menopause symptoms among Japanese women. Maturitas 2008;61:260-267.
3. Sturdee DW. The menopausal hot flush - anything new? Maturitas 2008;60:42-49.
4. Sabia S, Fournier A, Mesrine S, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F. Risk factors for onset of menopausal symptoms: results from a large cohort study. Maturitas 2008; 60:108-121.
5. Simpkins JW, Brown K, Bae S, Ratka A. Role of ethnicity in the expression of features of hot flashes. Maturitas 2009;63: 341-346.
6. Zhang Q, Li F, Yu Y, Yu X, Sheng Q, Zhang X. Differential factors associated with hot flashes in Chinese perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Maturitas 2009;63:94-98.
7. Chedraui P, Aguirre W, Calle A, Hidalgo L, León-León P, Miranda O, Mart?́nez N, Mendoza M, Narváez J, Sánchez H, et al. Factores predictivos de la presencia y severidad de los sofocos en mujeres de edad media en Ecuador. Rev Ecuatr Ginecol Obstet 2009;16:203-209.
8. Gerber LM, Sievert LL, Warren K, Pickering TG, Schwartz JE. Hot flashes are associated with increased ambulatory systolic blood pressure. Menopause 2007;14:308-315.
9. Gast GC, Grobbee DE, Pop VJ, Keyzer JJ, Wijnands-van Gent CJ, Samsioe GN, Nilsson PM, van der Schouw YT. Menopausal complaints are associated with cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension 2008;51:1492-1498.
10. Brown JP, Gallicchio L, Flaws JA, Tracy JK. Relations among menopausal symptoms, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms in midlife. Maturitas 2009;62:184-189.
11. Thurston RC, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Everson-Rose SA, Hess R, Matthews KA. Hot flashes and subclinical cardiovascular disease: findings from the study of women's health across the nation heart study. Circulation 2008;118:1234-1240.
12. Tural A, Yoldemir T, Erenus M. Assessment of bone mineral density should be considered earlier in perimenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2009;107:114-116.
13. Pérez-Lopez FR, Chedraui P, Gilbert JJ, Pérez-Roncero G. Cardiovascular risk in menopausal women and prevalent related co-morbid conditions: facing the post-Women's Health Initiative era. Fertil Steril 2009;92:1171-1186.
14. Svartberg J, von Mühlen D, Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E. Vasomotor symptoms and mortality: the Rancho Bernardo Study. Menopause 2009;16:888-891.
15. Carmody J, Crawford S, Churchill L. A pilot study of mindfulness-based stress reduction for hot flashes. Menopause 2006;13:760-769.
16. Utian WH, Boggs PP. The North American Menopause Society 1998 Menopause Survey. Part I: postmenopausal women's perceptions about menopause and midlife. Menopause 1999;6:122-128.
17. Anderson DJ, Yoshizawa T. Cross-cultural comparisons of health-related quality of life in Australian and Japanese midlife women: the Australian and Japanese Midlife Women's Health Study. Menopause 2007;14:697-707.
18. Woods NF, Mitchell ES, Percival DB, Smith-DiJulio K. Is the menopausal transition stressful? Observations of perceived stress from the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study. Menopause 2009;16:90-97.
19. Reed SD, Ludman EJ, Newton KM, Grothaus LC, LaCroix AZ, Nekhlyudov L, Spangler L, Jordan L, Ehrlich K, Bush T. Depressive symptoms and menopausal burden in the midlife. Maturitas 2009;62:306-310.
20. Reynolds FA. Perceived control over menopausal hot flushes: exploring the correlates of a standardised measure. Maturitas 1997;27:215-221.
21. Reynolds F. Some relationships between perceived control and women's reported coping strategies for menopausal hot flushes. Maturitas 1999;31:25-32.
22. Chedraui P, Aguirre W, Hidalgo L, Fayad L. Assessing menopausal symptoms among healthy middle aged women with the Menopause Rating Scale. Maturitas 2007;57:271-278.
23. Chedraui P, Blümel JE, Baron G, Belzares E, Bencosme A, Calle A, Danckers L, Espinoza MT, Flores D, Gomez G, et al. Impaired quality of life among middle aged women: a multicentre Latin American study. Maturitas 2008;61:323-329.
24. Castelo-Branco C, Blumel JE, Roncagliolo ME, Haya J, Bolf D, Binfa L, Tacla X, Colodron M. Age, menopause and hormone replacement therapy influences on cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of middle-aged Chilean women. Maturitas 2003;45:205-212. (Pubitemid 36724876)
25. Chedraui P, San Miguel G, Avila C. Quality of life impairment during the female menopausal transition is related to personal and partner factors. Gynecol Endocrinol 2009;25:130-135.
26. CEPAL. Panorama Social de América Latina. Santiago, Chile: CEPAL; 2003. pp 66.
27. Heinemann LA, Potthoff P, Schneider HP. International versions of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003;1:28.
28. Reynolds F. Relationships between catastrophic thoughts, perceived control and distress during menopausal hot flushes: exploring the correlates of a questionnaire measure. Maturitas 2000;36:113-122.
29. Nicassio PM, Wallston KA, Callahan LF, Herbert M, Pincus T. The measurement of helplessness in rheumatoid arthritis. The development of the arthritis helplessness index. J Rheumatol 1985;12:462-467.
30. Soules MR, Sherman S, Parrott E, Rebar R, Santoro N, Utian W, Woods N. Executive summary: stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW). Climacteric 2001;4:267-272. (Pubitemid 34002968)
31. Avis NE, Stellato R, Crawford S, Bromberger J, Ganz P, Cain V, Kagawa-Singer M. Is there a menopausal syndrome? Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups. Soc Sci Med 2001;52:345-356.
32. Ward MM. Are patient self-report measures of arthritis activity confounded by mood? A longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1994;21:1046-1050.
33. Melby MK, Lock M, Kaufert P. Culture and symptom reporting at menopause. Hum Reprod Update 2005;11:495-512.
34. Chedraui P, Hidalgo L, Chavez D, Morocho N, Alvarado M, Huc A. Menopausal symptoms and associated risk factors among postmenopausal women screened for the metabolic syndrome. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2007;275:161-168.