Menopause symptoms delineated by HIV clinical characteristics in African American women with HIV
| Autor: | John Wu, Rebecca A. Garbose, Takeyra Robinson, Tyler Gaines, Wen Shen, Mindy S. Christianson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty General Mathematics Population HIV Infections 030209 endocrinology & metabolism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine education Depression (differential diagnoses) education.field_of_study 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Applied Mathematics Primary care physician Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged medicine.disease Black or African American Menopause Cross-Sectional Studies Hot Flashes Quality of Life Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business Climacteric Viral load |
| Zdroj: | Menopause. 28:189-197 |
| ISSN: | 1530-0374 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/gme.0000000000001678 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To obtain data on prevalence and severity of climacteric symptoms in women with HIV (WWH) during the menopausal transition and early menopause and to evaluate for any differences in symptoms by CD4 count and viral load. METHODS We conducted an in-person survey of female patients attending the Johns Hopkins HIV clinic, ages 40 to 50 years with at least one menstrual period within 6 months before the survey. Interviews utilized the Greene Climacteric scale, a validated menopause questionnaire. We also queried patients, (1) if they were informing their primary care physician of menopause symptoms and (2) if their menopause symptoms were being treated. The study used nonparametric Mann-Whitney rank sum tests with significance defined as P |
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