Simon James A, Reape Kathleen Z
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Menopause. 2009 Jan-Feb;16(1):73-6. doi: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31817b614a.
To assess how menopause affects the lives of busy female executives by evaluating how they view their overall health and how specific symptoms affect their lives and to gain insight into their knowledge and general perspective of hormone therapy as treatment for menopause-related symptoms.
In this survey, 961 members of the National Association of Female Executives aged 35 years and older completed an Internet survey about the impact of menopausal symptoms and general knowledge and understanding of hormone therapy. Subgroups within this survey included women who were premenopausal (n = 118), perimenopausal (n = 239), menopausal (n = 297), and postmenopausal (n = 307).
A majority of women surveyed (88%) had personal experience with menopause, 95% reported physical symptoms, and 79% reported emotional symptoms. Among women reporting symptoms, 40% found symptoms to be problematic in at least one area of their lives. Of the 41% of respondents who had used hormone therapy to treat their menopausal symptoms, 57% reported continued use at the time of the survey. Among those who discontinued hormone therapy, 39% cited the Women's Health Initiative results as one of the reasons. The survey also found substantial gaps in the knowledge and understanding of hormone therapy by the survey responders.
The majority of menopausal women surveyed experience physical and/or emotional symptoms. For many women, symptoms related to menopause significantly affect their daily personal, professional, and social lives. Educating patients about scientific findings, current treatment options, and the associated risks and benefits is critical to providing effective, individualized care to improve quality of life.
通过评估忙碌的女性高管如何看待自身整体健康状况以及特定症状如何影响她们的生活，来评估更年期对她们生活的影响，并深入了解她们对激素疗法作为更年期相关症状治疗方法的知识和总体看法。
在本次调查中，961名年龄在35岁及以上的全国女性高管协会成员完成了一项关于更年期症状影响以及对激素疗法的常识和理解的网络调查。该调查中的亚组包括绝经前女性（n = 118）、围绝经期女性（n = 239）、绝经女性（n = 297）和绝经后女性（n = 307）。
接受调查的大多数女性（88%）有更年期个人经历，95%报告有身体症状，79%报告有情绪症状。在报告有症状的女性中，40%发现症状在她们生活的至少一个方面存在问题。在曾使用激素疗法治疗更年期症状的41%的受访者中，57%报告在调查时仍在继续使用。在停止使用激素疗法的人中，39%将妇女健康倡议的结果作为原因之一。调查还发现，调查受访者在激素疗法的知识和理解方面存在很大差距。
接受调查的大多数更年期女性经历了身体和/或情绪症状。对许多女性来说，与更年期相关的症状严重影响她们的日常个人、职业和社交生活。向患者传授科学发现、当前治疗选择以及相关风险和益处，对于提供有效的个性化护理以改善生活质量至关重要。
