caa a22 4500 397498616 CHVBK 20180308164527.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199503 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.1.54 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.1.54 Griffiths Frances Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham, Durham, UK Women's health concerns, is the promotion of hormone replacement therapy for prevention important to women? [Elektronische Daten] [Frances Griffiths] The objectives of this study were to find out women's health concerns for the community and for themselves as they age and whether the promotion of hormone replacement therapy for prevention is important to them. A postal questionnaire was sent to 1649 women aged 20-69 years. The sample was random but stratified for age and taken from the lists of eight general practices in the town of Stockton-on-Tees in north east England. The questionnaire included questions on priorities for health care, fears for personal health with ageing, knowledge about osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and hormone replacement therapy. A 74.3% response rate was achieved. Cancer was named as deserving highest priority for health care in Britain today by 40.7% of respondents. The promotion of long term hormone replacement therapy was given a relatively low priority. The health problem women named as the one they most fear will affect them as they age was, for 30.2% of women, cancer; for 18.8% of women, dementia; for 11.6% of women, arthritis; for 8.8% of women, heart disease. The role of oestrogen in preventing osteoporosis was known by 74.9% of respondents and its role in prevention of cardiovascular disease by 6.6%. Lack of exercise as a risk factor for osteoporosis was known by 29.0% and as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease by 84.6%. Arthritis-like pain was thought to be a warning sign of osteoporosis by by 55.8% of respondents. The promotion of hormone replacement therapy for prevention does not appear to be a high priority for women. The majority of women fear diseases which are not helped by hormone replacement therapy. The lack of knowledge about the role of exercise in preventing osteoporosis and the confusion between osteoporosis and arthritis is a cause for concern in the context of the promotion of hormone replacement therapy for prevention and women's fear of arthritis. © Oxford University Press Original articles nationallicence Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 54-59 0263-2136 12:1<54 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.54 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.54 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Griffiths Frances Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham, Durham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 54-59 0263-2136 12:1<54 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford