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Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia

Objectives To determine the usage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak in Malaysia. Methods A prospective study using a face-to-face interview was conducted on 356 randomly selected Sarawakian women aged between 40 and 65 years. Results The mean age...

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Main Authors: Syed Alwi, S.A.R, Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin, Lee, P.Y., Mallika, Premsenthil, Md Haizal, M.N.
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Published: Thomson Reuters 2010
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RA Public aspects of medicine
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spelling my.unimas.ir.167482017-06-21T07:45:12Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16748/ Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia Syed Alwi, S.A.R Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin Lee, P.Y. Mallika, Premsenthil Md Haizal, M.N. RA Public aspects of medicine Objectives To determine the usage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak in Malaysia. Methods A prospective study using a face-to-face interview was conducted on 356 randomly selected Sarawakian women aged between 40 and 65 years. Results The mean age of respondents was 50.83+6.30 years and the mean age of menopause was 51.28+2.28 years. Twenty-three percent of women were premenopausal, 39.6% perimenopausal and 37.4% postmenopausal. Only 36% of the respondents were aware of the existence of HRT; this is especially among those who were younger women, better educated and working. The main sources of information on HRT were friends and relatives (92.2%), newspapers/magazines (89.1%) and television/radio (64.1%). HRT usage among respondents was low (8.1%), mainly for relief of menopausal symptoms such as night sweats (100%), mood swings (93.1%), irritability (93.1%), and hot flushes (86.2%); only 24.1% used it for the prevention of osteoporosis. All women on HRT had taken HRT for less than 3 years. The main reason given for not being on HRT was that it was not recommended by their doctors (56.6%); only 8.3% worried about the side-effects and 4.3% were on other forms of treatment. Conclusions The use of and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak were found to be low in our study. The main sources of information about HRT are from friends/relatives and the mass media. Health-care providers should play an important role in promoting, counseling and health education regarding HRT needs to rectify these problems. Thomson Reuters 2010 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16748/1/Experience%20of%20hormone%20replacement%20therapy%20%28abstract%29.pdf Syed Alwi, S.A.R and Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin and Lee, P.Y. and Mallika, Premsenthil and Md Haizal, M.N. (2010) Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia. Climacteric, 13 (6). pp. 553-560. ISSN 1369-7137 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13697130903470319?journalCode=icmt20 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13697130903470319
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Syed Alwi, S.A.R
Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin
Lee, P.Y.
Mallika, Premsenthil
Md Haizal, M.N.
Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
description Objectives To determine the usage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak in Malaysia. Methods A prospective study using a face-to-face interview was conducted on 356 randomly selected Sarawakian women aged between 40 and 65 years. Results The mean age of respondents was 50.83+6.30 years and the mean age of menopause was 51.28+2.28 years. Twenty-three percent of women were premenopausal, 39.6% perimenopausal and 37.4% postmenopausal. Only 36% of the respondents were aware of the existence of HRT; this is especially among those who were younger women, better educated and working. The main sources of information on HRT were friends and relatives (92.2%), newspapers/magazines (89.1%) and television/radio (64.1%). HRT usage among respondents was low (8.1%), mainly for relief of menopausal symptoms such as night sweats (100%), mood swings (93.1%), irritability (93.1%), and hot flushes (86.2%); only 24.1% used it for the prevention of osteoporosis. All women on HRT had taken HRT for less than 3 years. The main reason given for not being on HRT was that it was not recommended by their doctors (56.6%); only 8.3% worried about the side-effects and 4.3% were on other forms of treatment. Conclusions The use of and knowledge about HRT among women of Sarawak were found to be low in our study. The main sources of information about HRT are from friends/relatives and the mass media. Health-care providers should play an important role in promoting, counseling and health education regarding HRT needs to rectify these problems.
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author Syed Alwi, S.A.R
Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin
Lee, P.Y.
Mallika, Premsenthil
Md Haizal, M.N.
author_facet Syed Alwi, S.A.R
Siti Rubiah, Zainuddin
Lee, P.Y.
Mallika, Premsenthil
Md Haizal, M.N.
author_sort Syed Alwi, S.A.R
title Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort experience of hormone replacement therapy among women of sarawak, malaysia
publisher Thomson Reuters
publishDate 2010
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16748/1/Experience%20of%20hormone%20replacement%20therapy%20%28abstract%29.pdf
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13697130903470319?journalCode=icmt20
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