Cognitive-behavior therapy for menopausal symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats): Moderators and mediators of treatment effects

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 574-578

  Norton, Sam ^a   Chilcot, Joseph ^a   Hunter, Myra S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Hot flushes; Mediator; Menopause; Moderator.; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MOOD; NIGHT SWEAT; PATH ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLIMACTERIUM; GROUP THERAPY; HOT FLASHES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEATING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEATING;

EID: 84901618490     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000095     Document Type: Article

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