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Menopause Symptoms and Attitudes of African American Women: Closing the Knowledge Gap and Expanding Opportunities for Counseling
✍ Scribed by Shirley B. Huffman; Jane E. Myers; Lynne R. Tingle; Lloyd A. Bond
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Several longitudinal studies of nonclinical populations indicate that hot flashes and night sweats are the only symptoms that women universally and consistently report (Kaufert & Syrotuik, 1981). Approximately 50% to 85% of women experience hot flashes with varying degrees of frequency and intensity (Bowles, 1990).
Consistently, women who are seeing physicians for menopausal and related health and mental health concerns have