Study of Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes on Hormone Replacement Therapy / 대한폐경학회지
The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause
;
: 43-51, 2012.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-185414
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study was performed to identify nurses' knowledge and attitudes on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) of menopausal women.METHODS:
Data were collected from 221 nurses who were working at maternity hospitals in the whole country using questionnaires consisting of 9 questions related to menopause-related knowledge and HRT-related attitudes and knowledge.RESULTS:
According to the nurses's responses, the diseases of concern in menopausal women were osteoporosis (78%), and depression (69%). Most nurses replied that the most effective treatment of menopausal symptoms is HRT, and nurses were very knowledgeable about its strengths (59%) and weaknesses (44%). Cancer was regarded as the major complication of HRT (71%), and its side effects were breast pain (77%) and vaginal bleeding (77%). Forty-six percent of nurses thought that the appropriate treatment duration of HRT is not necessary to limit the period. The most important considerations when conducting HRT were drug stability (59%) and improving the quality of life (36%). Ninety-fi ve percent of nurses responded that they personally would use HRT for menopausal treatment or would recommend their family. HRT for menopausal symptoms was being utilized before seeking medical treatment (40%) and after drug prescription (42%).CONCLUSION:
Nurses have very positive attitudes about HRT but appeared to lack critical knowledge about HRT. Therefore, more educational programs for nurses about HRT should be required.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Osteoporosis
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Drug Prescriptions
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Quality of Life
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Uterine Hemorrhage
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Menopause
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Depression
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Drug Stability
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Mastodynia
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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