Table 2.
HRT knowledge.
| Total N = 123 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Heard about HRT before | Yes | 90 (73.2) |
| No | 33 (26.8) | |
| HRT use in menopause | Positive | 44 (57.9) |
| Negative | 32 (42.1) | |
| When women start HRT | Before the onset of menopause | 8 (6.6) |
| With the onset of menopause | 25 (20.7) | |
| One year after the onset of menopause | 3 (2.5) | |
| When symptoms appear | 10 (8.3) | |
| Do not know | 58 (47.9) | |
| Never | 17 (14.0) | |
| HRT knowledge total score | Mean (±SD) | 63.89 ± 13.47 |
| HRT replaces the hormones that decrease during menopause | Mean (±SD) | 64.29 ± 25.79 |
| HRT reduces vasomotor symptoms | Mean (±SD) | 70.78 ± 22.36 |
| HRT decreases the risk of colon cancer | Mean (±SD) | 54.24 ± 22.86 |
| HRT decreases the risk of osteoporosis | Mean (±SD) | 67.75 ± 26.11 |
| HRT increases the risk of breast cancer | Mean (±SD) | 65.30 ± 25.36 |
| HRT increases the risk of uterine cancer | Mean (±SD) | 61.72 ± 25.18 |
| HRT increases the risk of heart disease | Mean (±SD) | 48.53 ± 22.03 |
| HRT increases the risk of having blood clots | Mean (±SD) | 53.06 ± 22.03 |
| HRT good solution | Mean (±SD) | 69.40 ± 22.48 |
| HRT good for preventing age | Mean (±SD) | 61.72 ± 25.18 |
| HRT prescription | Yes | 63 (51.6) |
| Doctor discusses the benefits and side effects | Yes | 18 (36.7) |
| Reason for using | One cause | 12 (46.2) |
| More than 2 causes | 14 (53.8) | |
| Symptoms improve | Yes | 12 (85.7) |
| Source of information | Internet | 9 (16.1) |
| Doctor | 116 (28.6) | |
| Society | 19 (33.9) | |
| Side effects that you actually felt | 5 (8.9) | |
| More than one source | 7 (12.5) | |
| Encourage treatment | Strongly agree | 4 (7.0) |
| Agree | 21 (36.8) | |
| Neutral | 14 (24.6) | |
| Disagree | 14 (24.6) | |
| Strongly disagree | 4 (7.0) | |
| Agree | 25 (43.9) | |
| Disagree | 32 (56.1) | |
| Awareness of WHI source of awareness | Yes | 27 (22.3) |
| Internet | 8 (32.0) | |
| Environment | 3 (12.0) | |
| Doctor | 2 (8.0) | |
| TV program | 8 (32.0) | |
| More than one source | 4 (16.0) | |
| Effect on decision | Start HRT | 3 (16.7) |
| Refuse or stop using HRT | 8 (44.4) | |
| Neutral | 7 (38.9) |