Relationship between menopause status, attitude toward menopause, and quality of life in Chinese midlife women in Hong Kong

Menopause

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 67-73

  Li, Sixuan ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Sham, Aprille ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude towards menopause; Menopause status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MARRIED PERSON; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MARITAL STATUS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952716999     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000566     Document Type: Article

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