Patterns and predictors of sexual activity among women in the Hormone Therapy trials of the Women's Health Initiative

Menopause

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1160-1171

  Gass, Margery L S ^a   Cochrane, Barbara B ^b   Larson, Joseph C ^c   Manson, Joann E ^d   Barnabei, Vanessa M ^e   Brzyski, Robert G ^f   Lane, Dorothy S ^g   Lavalleur, June ^h   Ockene, Judith K ⁱ   Mouton, Charles P ^j   Barad, David H ^k  

^a North American Menopause Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Postmenopausal women; Predictors; Sexual activity; Sexual satisfaction; Women's Health Initiative

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DIVORCE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL IRRITATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80255138199     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182227ebd     Document Type: Article

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