Blumberg G, Kaplan B, Rabinerson D, Goldman G A, Kitai E, Neri A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1996 Sep;54(3):271-7. doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02723-3.
To determine how women aged 50 years or more feel about menopause, and their knowledge, use of and attitude toward hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
All study participants resided in a single urban community in central Israel and were selected at random from the computerized government registry. Responses were collected by either telephone interview (n = 171) or mailed questionnaire (n = 41) and were analyzed for the group as a whole and by different demographic and attitudinal factors.
Most (80%) of the women had a positive or neutral attitude to menopause. More than 80% had heard of HRT, 55% of whom from a physician. Of these, 12% were currently using HRT and 9.5% had done so in the past. Varied reasons were offered for starting or stopping treatment.
Although the great majority of the participants had heard of HRT, and most of these had spoken about it with a doctor, only a small percentage were currently under therapy or had been in the past. We believe gynecologists should devote more effort to public education, in that those women who had discussed HRT with their physician were more likely to use it.
确定50岁及以上女性对更年期的感受，以及她们对激素替代疗法（HRT）的了解、使用情况和态度。
所有研究参与者居住在以色列中部的一个城市社区，从政府计算机登记册中随机选取。通过电话访谈（n = 171）或邮寄问卷（n = 41）收集回复，并对整个群体以及不同的人口统计学和态度因素进行分析。
大多数（80%）女性对更年期持积极或中立态度。超过80%的人听说过HRT，其中55%是从医生那里得知的。在这些人中，12%目前正在使用HRT，9.5%过去曾使用过。开始或停止治疗的原因各不相同。
尽管绝大多数参与者听说过HRT，并且其中大多数人与医生讨论过，但目前正在接受治疗或过去接受过治疗的比例仅为一小部分。我们认为妇科医生应加大公众教育力度，因为那些与医生讨论过HRT的女性更有可能使用它。
