Research Article
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Lebanese Women’s Awareness, Perception, and Acceptance
| | | | Total N = 123 |
| | Age group | Mean (±SD) | 50.18 ± 8.72 | | Number of children delivered | None | 18 (14.8) | | At least one child | 104 (85.2) | | Marital status | Married | 106 (86.2) | | Not married | 17 (13.8) | | Employment | Employed | 56 (49.6) | | Unemployed | 57 (50.4) | | Education | School | 32 (29.4) | | University | 77 (70.6) | | Smoking | Nonsmoker | 89 (78.1) | | Smoker | 25 (21.9) | | History of OCP use | Yes | 89 (78.1) | | Medical history | Yes | 53 (44.2) | | Menstrual status | Premenopausal | 53 (43.1) | | Perimenopausal | 18 (14.6) | | Postmenopausal | 52 (42.3) | | Type of menopause in the case of menopaused female | Spontaneous | 41 (78.8) | | Surgical intervention | 7 (13.5) | | Medical treatment | 4 (7.7) | | Menopausal symptoms | None | 5 (7.5) | | One symptom | 10 (14.9) | | Hot flashes | 4 (6.0) | | Mood swings | 1 (1.5) | | Feeling more tired than usual | 1 (1.5) | | Weight gain | 1 (1.5) | | Vaginal dryness | 1 (1.5) | | Facial hair growth | 2 (3.0) | | More than 2 symptoms | 52 (77.6) | | Menopause duration in years | Mean (±SD) | 7.99 ± 7.33 |
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Values presented in parenthesis are in %.
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