Hormone Replacement Therapy: Lebanese Women’s Awareness, Perception, and Acceptance

Table 2

HRT knowledge.

		Total N = 123
Heard about HRT before	Yes	90 (73.2)
	No	33 (26.8)
HRT use in menopause	Positive	44 (57.9)
	Negative	32 (42.1)
When women start HRT	Before the onset of menopause	8 (6.6)
	With the onset of menopause	25 (20.7)
	One year after the onset of menopause	3 (2.5)
	When symptoms appear	10 (8.3)
	Do not know	58 (47.9)
	Never	17 (14.0)
HRT knowledge total score	Mean (±SD)	63.89 ± 13.47
HRT replaces the hormones that decrease during menopause	Mean (±SD)	64.29 ± 25.79
HRT reduces vasomotor symptoms	Mean (±SD)	70.78 ± 22.36
HRT decreases the risk of colon cancer	Mean (±SD)	54.24 ± 22.86
HRT decreases the risk of osteoporosis	Mean (±SD)	67.75 ± 26.11
HRT increases the risk of breast cancer	Mean (±SD)	65.30 ± 25.36
HRT increases the risk of uterine cancer	Mean (±SD)	61.72 ± 25.18
HRT increases the risk of heart disease	Mean (±SD)	48.53 ± 22.03
HRT increases the risk of having blood clots	Mean (±SD)	53.06 ± 22.03
HRT good solution	Mean (±SD)	69.40 ± 22.48
HRT good for preventing age	Mean (±SD)	61.72 ± 25.18
HRT prescription	Yes	63 (51.6)
Doctor discusses the benefits and side effects	Yes	18 (36.7)
Reason for using	One cause	12 (46.2)
	More than 2 causes	14 (53.8)
Symptoms improve	Yes	12 (85.7)
Source of information	Internet	9 (16.1)
	Doctor	116 (28.6)
	Society	19 (33.9)
	Side effects that you actually felt	5 (8.9)
	More than one source	7 (12.5)
Encourage treatment	Strongly agree	4 (7.0)
	Agree	21 (36.8)
	Neutral	14 (24.6)
	Disagree	14 (24.6)
	Strongly disagree	4 (7.0)
	Agree	25 (43.9)
	Disagree	32 (56.1)
Awareness of WHI source of awareness	Yes	27 (22.3)
	Internet	8 (32.0)
	Environment	3 (12.0)
	Doctor	2 (8.0)
	TV program	8 (32.0)
	More than one source	4 (16.0)
Effect on decision	Start HRT	3 (16.7)
	Refuse or stop using HRT	8 (44.4)
	Neutral	7 (38.9)