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Volume 196, Issue 6 , Pages 593.e1-593.e7 , June 2007

Night sweats, sleep disturbance, and depression associated with diminished libido in late menopausal transition and early postmenopause: baseline data from the Herbal Alternatives for Menopause Trial (HALT)

Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Oct. 4-8, 2006, Sun Valley, ID.

Susan D. Reed, MD, MPH
- Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, WA.
Katherine M. Newton, PhD
- Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Andrea Z. LaCroix, PhD
- Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, WA.
Lou C. Grothaus, MS
- Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Kelly Ehrlich, MS
- Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Received 4 July 2006 ,Revised 16 November 2006 ,Accepted 2 March 2007.

The association of number of vasomotor symptoms, sleep quality, and depression with diminished libido
Depression was assessed using PHQ-9²³ (scale 0 = none, 15 or greater = severe). Poor sleep quality

The association of number of vasomotor symptoms, sleep quality, and depression with diminished libido
Depression was assessed using PHQ-9²³ (scale 0 = none, 15 or greater = severe). Poor sleep quality was assessed using 9 items from GSDS²⁴ (scale 0 = never, 7 = daily).
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Cite this article as: Reed SD, Newton KM, LaCroix AZ, et al. Night sweats, sleep disturbance, and depression associated with diminished libido in late menopausal transition and early postmenopause: Baseline data from the herbal alternatives for menopause trial (HALT). Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196;593.e1-593.e7.Reprints not available from the authors.This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Grant R01AG17057, Alternative Therapies for Menopause: A Randomized Trial.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00298-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.008

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