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Psychology
Psychiatric morbidity, marital maladjustment affect Chinese menopausal women
June 28th, 2004
A study from Hong Kong revealed significant psychological and marital problems among Chinese menopausal women attending hormone replacement clinics. P.M. Lam and colleagues, Prince of Wales Hospital, surveyed "the general health and the marital relationship of 122 Chinese menopausal women and their spouses attending hormone replacement clinics. "Climacteric symptoms of the participants were assessed by the modified Greene Climacteric Scale (GCS). The psychological well-being of the participants and their spouses was assessed by the 12-item Chinese General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and their marital quality was assessed by the Chinese Dyadic...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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