title: A study of the experience of Glasgow women in the climacteric years.
abstract: Overall, 424 women between 40 and 60 years of age were interviewed with reference to their experience of the menopause; 179 (42%) expressed a 'need for treatment' which was more marked in those who had had a hysterectomy (57%) or oophorectomy (76%). Of those who sought help (174) a large majority (92%) had seen their general practitioner and 72% received some form of drug therapy, predominantly hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or psychotropic drugs. Twenty-eight women were currently having HRT (7%) and 39 (9%) had previously had HRT. Only 12 women (3%) had received greater than 3 years of HRT and nine of these had had an oophorectomy. Only 1% of other women were 'long-term' users of HRT. Of the 424 women 11% expressed dissatisfaction with their general practitioner's approach to this subject.
authors.affiliation: Menopause Clinic, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Grosset
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002979:Climacteric / Q000523:psychology; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012606:Scotland; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors