title: Compliance with hormone replacement therapy in Chinese women in Hong Kong.
abstract: Compliance with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been extensively studied in western countries. However, there is little data concerning women in Asian countries. A retrospective study was performed to determine compliance in a group of Hong Kong Chinese women who commenced HRT over a 2 year period. Two years after the commencement of HRT, 68.3% were still taking HRT, although not always in the original formulation. The highest drop out rate occurred during the first 6 months. Factors which were associated with a higher degree of compliance were young age at menopause and at the time of initial consultation and the use of unopposed HRT. A number of significant medical problems were identified during the 2 years of follow up which may have remained otherwise undetected. Compliance with HRT appears to be comparable to that reported in other western specialist centres. Nearly 9% of women who stopped HRT did so because other doctors told them that they did need the treatment and another 6.5% because of the fear of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Haines
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors