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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine the prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms among breast cancer survivors and the relationship between menopausal symptoms and quality of life (QOL). DESIGN:Cross-sectional, descriptive. SETTING:Outpatient breast care center servicing a southeastern city and regional rural areas. SAMPLE:114 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors with a mean age of 59 years (SD = 10; range = 36-83 years) who were a mean of 34.9 months postcompletion of surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy (SD = 22; range = 4-116 months). METHODS:Telephone interviews were used to assess demographic variables, menopausal status (questions adapted from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study), menopausal symptoms (adapted from the Blatt Menopausal Index), and QOL (SF-12 Health Survey). Disease and treatment information was extracted from medical records and the state cancer registry. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES:Menopausal status, menopausal symptoms, and QOL. FINDINGS:The most commonly reported menopausal symptoms (joint pain (77%), feeling tired (75%), trouble sleeping (68%), and hot flashes (66%)) were also the most severe. More than 40% of breast cancer survivors who reported these symptoms rated them as "quite a bit" to "extremely" severe. The total number and severity of symptoms reported was significantly related to the number of years postmenopause but not to time postdiagnosis. Higher prevalence and severity of menopausal symptoms were related to lower physical and emotional QOL. CONCLUSIONS:Menopausal symptoms appear to be a significant problem for breast cancer survivors. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE:Nurses can inform women that menopausal symptoms may be experienced following breast cancer treatment and that these symptoms may be more severe than those experienced by healthy women without cancer.
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Oncol Nurs Forumjournal_title
Oncology nursing forumauthors
Carpenter JS,Andrykowski MAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-09-01 00:00:00pages
1311-7issue
8eissn
0190-535Xissn
1538-0688journal_volume
26pub_type
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
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更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
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更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
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更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 社论
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Oncology nursing forum
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
