The Hot Flush Behavior Scale: A measure of behavioral reactions to menopausal hot flushes and night sweats

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1178-1183

  Hunter, Myra S ^a   Ayers, Beverley ^a   Smith, Melanie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Beliefs; Cognitive behavior therapy; Hot flushes; Night sweats; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HOT FLUSH BEHAVIOR SCALE; HOT FLUSH BELIEF SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEATING;

EID: 80255124889     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318219d791     Document Type: Article

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