Hormone Replacement Therapy: Lebanese Women’s Awareness, Perception, and Acceptance
Table 1
Demographic data.
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
Values presented in parenthesis are in %.
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