- Title
- Hot flushes and night sweats symptom profiles over a 17-year period in mid-aged women: the role of hysterectomy with ovarian conservation
- Creator
- Wilson, Louise F.; Pandeya, Nirmala; Byles, Julie; Mishra, Gita D.
- Relation
- ARC.FT120100812
- Relation
- Maturitas Vol. 91, Issue September 2016, p. 1-7
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.05.011
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objectives: There is limited research on hot flushes and night sweats in women with a hysterectomy with ovarian conservation. We aimed to describe the patterns of these symptoms in a cohort of Australian women and to investigate the relationship between distinct symptom patterns and hysterectomy status. Study design and outcome measures: Repeated-measures latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify hot flushes and night sweats symptom patterns across seven surveys (over 17 years) in the mid-cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the associations of the symptom patterns in women with a hysterectomy with ovarian conservation (n = 1129) versus women without a hysterectomy (n = 4977). Results: A higher proportion of women with a hysterectomy than of those without experienced a constant pattern of hot flushes (15% versus 30%) and night sweats (9% versus 19%). Women with a hysterectomy had higher odds of constant hot flushes versus minimal hot flushes (OR = 1.97, 95% CI: 1.64, 2.35) and constant versus minimal night sweats (OR = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.70, 2.55). Smoking, a 'lower level of education to non-professional occupation' pathway and body mass index (BMI) patterns of 'always obese' and 'increasingly obese' were also associated with a higher risk of constant symptoms. Conclusions: Women who have a hysterectomy (with ovarian conservation) have a higher risk of hot flushes and night sweats that persist over an extended period.
- Subject
- hysterectomy; hot flashes; night sweats; smoking; body mass index; menopause
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1324265
- Identifier
- uon:24995
- Identifier
- ISSN:0378-5122
- Language
- eng
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