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MsFLASH participants' priorities for alleviating menopausal symptoms
Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society
Short Title: Climacteric
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: Nov 30, 2014
Pages: 859 - 866
Sources ID: 32856
Notes: LR: 20170220; GR: U01AG032659/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032682/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: UL1RR02571/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032669/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: UL1 TR001108/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032659/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01AG032699/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01AG032700/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032699/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01AG032669/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032656/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01 AG032700/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; GR: KL2 RR025760/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States; GR: U01AG032682/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 9810959; 0 (Fatty Acids, Omega-3); NIHMS752855; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/10/31 06:00 [entrez]; 2015/10/31 06:00 [pubmed]; 2016/09/14 06:00 [medline]; ppublish
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OBJECTIVE: To describe self-reported menopausal symptom priorities and their association with demographics and other symptoms among participants in an intervention trial for vasomotor symptoms (VMS). METHODS: Cross-sectional study embedded in the MsFLASH 02 trial, a three-by-two factorial design of yoga vs. exercise vs. usual activity and omega-3-fatty acid vs. placebo. At baseline, women (n = 354) completed hot flush diaries, a card sort task to prioritize symptoms they would most like to alleviate, and standardized questionnaires. RESULTS: The most common symptom priorities were: VMS (n = 322), sleep (n = 191), concentration (n = 140), and fatigue (n = 116). In multivariate models, women who chose VMS as their top priority symptom (n = 210) reported significantly greater VMS severity (p = 0.004) and never smoking (p = 0.012), and women who chose sleep as their top priority symptom (n = 100) were more educated (p