Behavioral weight loss for the management of menopausal hot flashes: A pilot study

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-65

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Ewing, Linda J ^a   Low, Carissa A ^a   Christie, Aimee J ^c   Levine, Michele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot flashes; Hot flushes; Obesity; Vasomotor symptoms; Weight; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC DIARY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DEVICE; MENOPAUSAL HOT FLASH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EFFICACY; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMPLICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOT FLASHES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84920276228     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000274     Document Type: Article

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