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Perceptions, relationships, societal contexts, and previous decisions influenced women's decisions about hormone replacement therapy

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2.1.30

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    Marmoreo J, Brown JB, Batty HR, et al.Hormone replacement therapy: determinants of women's decisions.Patient Educ Couns1998 Mar;33:289–98OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Question How do menopausal women make decisions about whether to start, stop, or continue hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?

    Design

    Focus groups.

    Setting

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    Participants

    56 postmenopausal women (44–73 y) who responded to a poster or newspaper advertisement. Most were white, worked full time or part time (57%), and had university or postgraduate degrees (50%). Women with medical conditions that contraindicated HRT (eg, breast cancer) were excluded.

    Methods

    Women were assigned to 1 of 8 focus groups based on HRT status (2 groups of women who had never used HRT, 2 groups who had started and stopped HRT, 1 group who had been using HRT for ≥1 y, and 3 mixed groups). A family physician and a psychologist facilitated the groups. Each 2 hour session was observed by …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: Women's College Hospital Research Fund.

    • For correspondence: Dr J B Brown, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Thames Valley Family Practice Research Unit, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 4X8, Canada. Fax +1 519 858 5029. Email jbrown{at}julian.uwo.ca