Hormone Replacement Therapy: Lebanese Women’s Awareness, Perception, and Acceptance
Table 3
Factors influencing the attitude towards HRT use.
HRT use in menopause
Positive N = 44
Negative N = 32
value
Age group
Mean (±SD)
50.12 ± 9.40
54.33 ± 10.18
0.14
Number of children delivered
None
4 (9.3)
4 (12.5)
0.72
At least one child
39 (90.7)
28 (87.5)
None
4 (9.3)
4 (12.5)
0.03
1–2
13 (30.2)
12 (37.5)
3–4
25 (58.1)
10 (31.2)
>4
1 (2.3)
6 (18.8)
Marital status
Married
40 (90.9)
30 (93.8)
1.00
Not married
4 (9.1)
2 (6.2)
Employment
Employed
24 (60.0)
11 (39.3)
0.09
Unemployed
16 (40.0)
17 (60.7)
Education
School
10 (26.3)
9 (31.0)
0.67
University
28 (73.7)
20 (69.0)
Smoking
Nonsmoker
34 (87.2)
23 (76.7)
0.25
Smoker
5 (12.8)
7 (23.3)
History of OCP use
Yes
12 (30.0)
10 (31.2)
0.91
Medical history
Yes
24 (57.1)
14 (43.8)
0.25
Menstrual status
Premenopausal
19 (43.2)
12 (37.5)
0.84
Perimenopausal
4 (9.1)
4 (12.5)
Postmenopausal
21 (47.7)
16 (50.0)
Type of menopause in the case of menopaused female
Spontaneous
18 (81.8)
14 (77.8)
0.85
Surgical intervention
2 (9.1)
3 (16.7)
Medical treatment
2 (9.1)
1 (5.6)
Menopausal symptoms
None
1 (3.8)
1 (5.3)
0.13
One symptom
7 (26.9)
1 (5.3)
Hot flashes
3 (11.5)
0 (0.0)
Mood swings
1 (3.8)
0 (0.0)
Feeling more tired than usual
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
Weight gain
1 (3.8)
0 (0.0)
Vaginal dryness
1 (3.8)
0 (0.0)
Facial hair growth
1 (3.8)
1 (5.3)
More than 2 symptoms
18 (69.2)
17 (89.5)
Menopause duration
Mean (±SD)
8.85 ± 8.62
10.31 ± 7.29
0.63
Heard about HRT before
Yes
42 (95.5)
28 (87.5)
0.20
HRT total score
Mean (±SD)
67.02 ± 10.92
59.70 ± 15.17
0.02
HRT prescription
Yes
25 (58.1)
23 (71.9)
0.22
Source of information
Internet
2 (9.5)
4 (19.0)
0.03
Doctor
8 (38.1)
3 (14.3)
Society
5 (23.8)
10 (47.6)
Side effects that you actually felt
0 (0.0)
3 (14.3)
More than one source
6 (28.6)
1 (4.8)
Encourage treatment
Strongly agree
1 (4.5)
0 (0.0)
0.01
Agree
12 (54.5)
3 (13.6)
Neutral
6 (27.3)
6 (27.3)
Disagree
2 (9.1)
10 (45.5)
Strongly disagree
1 (4.5)
3 (13.6)
Agree
13 (59.1)
3 (13.6)
0.002
Disagree
9 (40.9)
19 (86.4)
Awareness of WHI
Yes
14 (32.6)
6 (19.4)
0.21
Source of awareness
Internet
4 (30.8)
2 (33.3)
0.59
Environment
3 (23.1)
0 (0.0)
Doctor
0 (0.0)
1 (16.7)
TV program
3 (23.1)
2 (33.3)
More than one source
3 (23.1)
1 (16.7)
Effect on decision
Start HRT
2 (22.2)
0 (0.0)
0.79
Refuse or stop using HRT
4 (44.4)
3 (60.0)
Neutral
3 (33.3)
2 (40.0)
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