RESEARCH ARTICLE
Patient Satisfaction with Miniature, Ambulatory, Postmenopausal Hot Flash Recorder
Robert R. Freedman*
Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI,
USA
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 1
First Page: 1
Last Page: 2
Publisher Id: TOMDJ-1-1
DOI: 10.2174/1875181400901010001
Article History:
Received Date: 03/03/2009Revision Received Date: 17/03/2009
Acceptance Date: 17/03/2009
Electronic publication date: 09/4/2009
Collection year: 2009
© 2009 Robert R. Freedman et al.;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Although much research is underway to develop new treatments for postmenopausal hot flashes, it is hindered by a lack of suitable outcome measures. Therefore, the author invented a miniature, ambulatory hot flash recorder. The purpose of this study was to ascertain patient satisfaction with this device. Subjects were 38 postmenopausal women reporting frequent hot flashes. They wore the recorder for 3 consecutive weeks. Patients reported that the recorder interfered minimally with their daily activities, was easy to use, and was acceptable in appearance. This device should be useful in evaluating treatments for postmenopausal hot flashes.
