Prevalence of menopausal symptoms among mid-life women: findings from electronic medical records

BMC Women's Health

Research Article

Matthew Sussman¹  Mark Friedman¹  Joseph Menzin¹  Andrew G. Bushmakin²  Michael Louie²  Jeffrey Trocio²  Sebastian Mirkin²  Craig Best³  Robert Yood³ 

[1] Boston Health Economics, Inc., 20 Fox Road, 02451, Waltham, MA, USA;Pfizer Inc., 235 East 42nd Street, 10017, New York, NY, USA;Reliant Medical Group, 630 Plantation Street, 01605, Worcester, MA, USA;

关键词: Hormone Therapy;    Electronic Medical Record;    Menopausal Symptom;    Night Sweat;    Electronic Medical Record System;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-015-0217-y

 received in 2014-10-30, accepted in 2015-07-30,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo assess the prevalence of menopausal symptoms among women prescribed hormone therapy (HT) using electronic medical record data from a regional healthcare organization.MethodsRetrospective data from the Reliant Medical Group from 1/1/2006-12/31/2011 were assessed for 102 randomly-selected patients. Study eligibility criteria included: females aged 45 to 65; prescribed oral or transdermal HT; no history of breast cancer, venous thromboembolism, stroke, gynecological cancer, or hysterectomy; continuously enrolled in the health plan for 1 year before and after the first observed HT prescription. Prevalence of menopause-related symptoms was analyzed descriptively at both the patient and visit levels.ResultsMean age of patients was 54 years. The most common menopausal symptoms were: hot flushes (40 %), night sweats (17 %), insomnia (16 %), vaginal dryness (13 %), mood disorders (12 %), and weight gain (12 %). Among the 102 patients, 163 individual visits listing menopausal symptoms were identified, of which hot flushes (71 visits) were the most common symptom identified.ConclusionOur findings provide recent data on the types of menopausal symptoms experienced by mid-life women prescribed HT. Electronic medical records may be a rich source of data for future studies of menopausal symptoms in this population.

【 授权许可】

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© Sussman et al. 2015