Help For Women During Menopause
Great to think that women can get guidance to manage menopause symptoms at work.
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The
program helps users learn strategies to control their thoughts and
feelings. Working women who used it were able to significantly reduce
the frequency and interference of hot flushes and night sweats, and
improve their overall quality of life, researchers found.
Menopause symptoms can be more difficult to deal with in the workplace than in other settings due to an inability to control the temperature, embarrassment, stress and other factors, coauthor Myra S. Hunter, emeritus professor of clinical health psychology, Kings College London, told Reuters Health by email.
She said that while hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms, not all women want to take it.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used since the 1960s to treat a variety of medical problems, including anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
“This study offers women who have problematic symptoms at work a brief, non-medical solution. The brief, self-help CBT helped women to manage symptoms, and also had broader impacts on sleep and wellbeing,” Hunter said.
The therapy also improved their work experience because they slept better, experienced less physical discomfort, social embarrassment, and memory and concentration problems
Great to think that women can get guidance to manage menopause symptoms at work.
Self-guided course helps women manage menopause symptoms at work
(Reuters
Health) - A self-help cognitive behavioral therapy program combined
with relaxation techniques can ease working women’s menopausal symptoms,
according to a British study.
Menopause symptoms can be more difficult to deal with in the workplace than in other settings due to an inability to control the temperature, embarrassment, stress and other factors, coauthor Myra S. Hunter, emeritus professor of clinical health psychology, Kings College London, told Reuters Health by email.
She said that while hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms, not all women want to take it.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used since the 1960s to treat a variety of medical problems, including anxiety, depression and sleep problems.
“This study offers women who have problematic symptoms at work a brief, non-medical solution. The brief, self-help CBT helped women to manage symptoms, and also had broader impacts on sleep and wellbeing,” Hunter said.
The therapy also improved their work experience because they slept better, experienced less physical discomfort, social embarrassment, and memory and concentration problems
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