A randomized, controlled pilot trial of hormone therapy for menopausal insomnia

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 505-508

  Silva, Betania Huber ^a   Martinez, Denis ^a   Wender, Maria Celeste Osório ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Insomnia; Menopause; Polysomnography; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; TRIMEGESTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMENOPAUSE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROMEGESTONE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855666230     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0242-2     Document Type: Article

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