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| Title |
Hypnosis for hot flashes among postmenopausal women study: A study protocol of an ongoing randomized clinical trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6882-11-92 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gary R Elkins, William I Fisher, Aimee K Johnson |
| Abstract |
Hot flashes are a highly prevalent problem associated with menopause and breast cancer treatments. The recent findings from the Women's Health Initiative have important implications for the significance of a non-hormonal, mind-body intervention for hot flashes in breast cancer survivors. Women who take hormone therapy long-term may have a 1.2 to 2.0 fold increased risk of developing breast cancer. In addition, it is now known that hormone therapy with estrogen and progestin is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Currently there are limited options to hormone replacement therapy as non-hormonal pharmacological agents are associated with only modest activity and many adverse side effects. Because of this there is a need for more alternative, non-hormonal therapies. Hypnosis is a mind-body intervention that has been shown to reduce self-reported hot flashes by up to 68% among breast cancer survivors, however, the use of hypnosis for hot flashes among post-menopausal women has not been adequately explored and the efficacy of hypnosis in reducing physiologically measured hot flashes has not yet been determined. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 17% |
| Australia | 2 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 214 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 213 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 49 | 23% |
| Unknown | 55 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 22% |
| Psychology | 38 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 11% |
| Unspecified | 16 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 25 | 12% |
| Unknown | 56 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 July 2015.
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#1,746,920
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Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#294
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#8,900
of 135,951 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#10
of 43 outputs
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