[Menopause, hormone therapy and alternative medicine:. A cross-sectional study in Roskilde County in 1998].

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine how many women use alternative medicine to alleviate menopausal symptoms and how often they feel relieved of those symptoms. We also examined whether there was a negative correlation between the use of alternative medicine and the use of hormone therapy, as well as whether there was any correlation between the use of alternative medicine and self-rated health status.

Materials And Methods: An anonymous postal questionnaire was sent to 5,300 women older than 44 years in Roskilde County, Denmark.

[Menopause, hormone therapy and self-rated health. A cross-sectional study in Roskilde county in 1998].

Introduction: Middle-aged women are often faced with the dilemma of whether to use hormone therapy or not. Until recently, advertisements, as well as, very often, the scientific literature, advocated the use of hormone therapy. The aim of this study was to determine women's use of hormone therapy and its correlation with age, self-rated health status and lifestyle factors.