The effects of hormone therapy decision support for women with mobility impairments.

abstract

• Deciding about hormone therapy (HT) use is particularly complex for women with mobility impairments. While HT controls menopausal symptoms, the potential increased risk of blood clots resulting from physical inactivity can contraindicate HT use. These women, therefore, may benefit from interventions to help them tailor standard information about HT. We randomly assigned women to receive either a tailored decision support intervention or standard menopausal information. Both groups (n = 176) significantly decreased their decisional conflict and uncertainty and increased knowledge after receiving the treatment materials. We interpret the findings in the context of limited medical information about HT for women with disabilities.

authors

• Dormire, Sharon

published proceedings

• Health Care Women Int

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Becker, H., Stuifbergen, A. K., & Dormire, S. L.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Becker, Heather||Stuifbergen, Alexa K||Dormire, Sharon L

publication date

• September 2009

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Health Care For Women International  Journal

keywords

• Decision Support Techniques
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Female
• Health Education
• Humans
• Menopause
• Middle Aged
• Mobility Limitation
• Pamphlets
• Patient Satisfaction
• Risk Assessment

PubMed Central ID

• 19657820

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/07399330903066236

start page

• 845

end page

• 854

volume

• 30

issue

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330903066236