Health-related quality of life in women with or without hot flashes: A randomized placebo-controlled trial with hormone therapy

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 732-739

  Savolainen Peltonen, Hanna ^a,b   Hautamäki, Hanna ^a   Tuomikoski, Pauliina ^a   Ylikorkala, Olavi ^a   Mikkola, Tomi S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Hot flashes; Menopause; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYALGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SPOTTING; WELLBEING; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HOT FLASHES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84903150270     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000120     Document Type: Article

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