Book chapter
Menopause and complementary and integrative medicine: A consideration of clinical evidence, grassroots use and contemporary clinical practice guidelines
Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.36-47
Routledge studies in public health, Routledge
2019
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Abstract
Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) use has been identified as prevalent among women for the management of menopausal symptoms, generating great interest and concern among conventional medical practitioners and health policy-makers. Menopause is a specific aging process of every woman referring to the permanent cessation of menstruation due to a natural decline of ovarian hormone secretion, and usually begins between the ages of 40 and 58 years with ethnic and regional variations. Women may experience menopausal symptoms including but not limited to vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats), mood changes (anxiety, depression, etc,) sleep problems, joint and muscle complaints, urinary disorders, and vaginal dryness. In terms of the communication between health care practitioners and menopausal women, although practitioners are one type of information source of women's CIM use, the majority of menopausal women remain underwhelmed regarding their knowledge of CIM.
Details
- Title
- Menopause and complementary and integrative medicine: A consideration of clinical evidence, grassroots use and contemporary clinical practice guidelines
- Creators
- Wenbo Peng - University of Technology SydneyDavid Sibbritt - University of Technology SydneyAmie Steel - University of Technology SydneyHolger Cramer - University of Duisburg-EssenJon Adams - University of Technology Sydney
- Contributors
- Jon Adams (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAmie Steel (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyAlex Broom (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology SydneyJane Frawley (Editor of compilation) - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Women's health and complementary and integrative medicine, pp.36-47
- Series
- Routledge studies in public health
- Publisher
- Routledge; Abingdon, Oxon
- Identifiers
- 991013372059302368
- Copyright
- © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Jon Adams, Amie Steel, Alex Broom and Jane Frawley; individual chapters, the contributors.
- Academic Unit
- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter