Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women

Diana Hartel1, Yungtai Lo1, Carolyn Bauer2, Nancy Budner1, Andrea A Howard1, Michelle Floris-Moore1, Julia H Arnsten1,2, Nanette Santoro3, Ellie E Schoenbaum1,2,31Departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, 2Medicine, and 3Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Montefiore Med...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Diana Hartel, Yungtai Lo, Carolyn Bauer, Nancy Budner, Andrea A Howard, et al
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2008
Materias:	Geriatrics RC952-954.6
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/926f343d80bc4729b357a2533328c7fc
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:926f343d80bc4729b357a2533328c7fc
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:926f343d80bc4729b357a2533328c7fc2021-12-02T08:59:59ZAttitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/926f343d80bc4729b357a2533328c7fc2008-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/attitudes-toward-menopause-in-hiv-infected-and-at-risk-women-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Diana Hartel1, Yungtai Lo1, Carolyn Bauer2, Nancy Budner1, Andrea A Howard1, Michelle Floris-Moore1, Julia H Arnsten1,2, Nanette Santoro3, Ellie E Schoenbaum1,2,31Departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, 2Medicine, and 3Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USAObjective: To study attitudes toward menopause in women with or at risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aged 35 to 60 in New York City, NY, USA.Design: Data were obtained at the baseline interview in a cohort study of menopause. Of 502 participating women, 92 were postmenopausal and 162 were perimenopausal.Results: Overall, 37.5% of women had a relatively favorable attitude toward menopause. African Americans had a 72% greater odds of a positive attitude (OR = 1.72, 95% CI 1.16–2.57) than all other groups after adjusting for covariates. Hispanic women had the least favorable view of menopause. Experience of >3 menopausal symptoms and negative life events—being a witness to a murder, and the death of a child—were significantly associated with negative attitudes towards menopause (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.42–0.93 and OR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.43–0.93, respectively). Depressive symptoms, street drug use, and having a domestic partner, which is significant in single variable analyses, did not remain independent predictors in multivariate results. HIV status, menopause status, and age at interview were not associated with menopause attitudes.Conclusions: HIV-infected, drug-using, low-income women showed generally unfavorable attitudes towards menopause. High stress life events coupled with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms indicate this population has special needs marked by the menopause transition into older age.Keywords: menopause, attitudes, HIV, street drug usersDiana HartelYungtai LoCarolyn BauerNancy BudnerAndrea A Howardet alDove Medical PressarticleGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 3, Pp 561-566 (2008)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Geriatrics RC952-954.6
spellingShingle	Geriatrics RC952-954.6 Diana Hartel Yungtai Lo Carolyn Bauer Nancy Budner Andrea A Howard et al Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
description	Diana Hartel1, Yungtai Lo1, Carolyn Bauer2, Nancy Budner1, Andrea A Howard1, Michelle Floris-Moore1, Julia H Arnsten1,2, Nanette Santoro3, Ellie E Schoenbaum1,2,31Departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, 2Medicine, and 3Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USAObjective: To study attitudes toward menopause in women with or at risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) aged 35 to 60 in New York City, NY, USA.Design: Data were obtained at the baseline interview in a cohort study of menopause. Of 502 participating women, 92 were postmenopausal and 162 were perimenopausal.Results: Overall, 37.5% of women had a relatively favorable attitude toward menopause. African Americans had a 72% greater odds of a positive attitude (OR = 1.72, 95% CI 1.16–2.57) than all other groups after adjusting for covariates. Hispanic women had the least favorable view of menopause. Experience of >3 menopausal symptoms and negative life events—being a witness to a murder, and the death of a child—were significantly associated with negative attitudes towards menopause (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.42–0.93 and OR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.43–0.93, respectively). Depressive symptoms, street drug use, and having a domestic partner, which is significant in single variable analyses, did not remain independent predictors in multivariate results. HIV status, menopause status, and age at interview were not associated with menopause attitudes.Conclusions: HIV-infected, drug-using, low-income women showed generally unfavorable attitudes towards menopause. High stress life events coupled with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms indicate this population has special needs marked by the menopause transition into older age.Keywords: menopause, attitudes, HIV, street drug users
format	article
author	Diana Hartel Yungtai Lo Carolyn Bauer Nancy Budner Andrea A Howard et al
author_facet	Diana Hartel Yungtai Lo Carolyn Bauer Nancy Budner Andrea A Howard et al
author_sort	Diana Hartel
title	Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
title_short	Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
title_full	Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
title_fullStr	Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
title_full_unstemmed	Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women
title_sort	attitudes toward menopause in hiv-infected and at-risk women
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2008
url	https://doaj.org/article/926f343d80bc4729b357a2533328c7fc
work_keys_str_mv	AT dianahartel attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen AT yungtailo attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen AT carolynbauer attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen AT nancybudner attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen AT andreaahoward attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen AT etal attitudestowardmenopauseinhivinfectedandatriskwomen
_version_	1718398317094764544

Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women

Ejemplares similares