Influence of Menopausal Status on the Symptom Experience of Women Before Breast Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer treatments can change women's hormonal milieu and alter their symptom experience. Little is known about associations between menopausal status and menopausal symptoms in women with breast cancer before surgery.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate for differences in occurrence, severity, and distress of symptoms between premenopausal and postmenopausal women before breast cancer surgery.

Methods

A total of 312 women with breast cancer completed the Menopausal Symptoms Scale, a self-report measure that evaluated the occurrence, severity, and distress of 46 common symptoms associated with menopause. Regression analyses were used to evaluate for between-group differences in these symptoms.

Results

Of the 312 patients enrolle

SUBMITTER: Mazor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul/Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature