Opinion of Brazilian Gynecologists on Hormone Therapy for Menopause and Prescriptive Habits

Completed

• Conditions: Hormone Replacement Therapy; Opinions; Menopause
• Interventions: Other: Applying a questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT05072756
• Lead Sponsor: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

Brief Summary

To evaluate Brazilian gynecologists, through structured online questionnaires, with questions directed to their opinions and prescriptive habits about menopause hormone therapy. Research participants will complete the questionnaires in digital format online.

Detailed Description

There are few Brazilian population studies on the opinion of Brazilian gynecologists about the hormonal therapy of menopause in climacteric women, their prescriptive habits and their views on the availability of treatments offered, demanding better evaluation and justifying efforts to analyze the perception of professionals in this area in our country.

Methods: To assess gynecologists across the country, through structured online questionnaires, with questions aimed at knowing their opinions and prescriptive habits about menopause hormone therapy. Research participants will complete the questionnaires in digital format online. Doctors will be invited to participate by e-mail messages and by social media.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-28
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-04
• Study Completion: 2021-09-04
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1339

Inclusion Criteria

• Brazilian licensed gynecologist doctors

Exclusion Criteria

• Retired doctors
• Health professionals other than medicine doctor
• Medical specialties other than Gynecology
• Medical employees of the pharmaceutical industry

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Gynecologists	Applying a questionnaire	Brazilian gynecologists who agreed to participate and answered the questionnaire

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prescription preference	At Day 1	Answer to the questionnaire addressing gynecologists' prescription habit for menopausal women

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge of indications and contraindications of hormone replacement therapy	At Day 1	This is to see which proportion of gynecologists know the indications and contraindicationsv of menopausal hormone replacement therapy
Knowledge of window of opportunity for hormone replacement therapy	At Day 1	This is to see which proportion of gynecologists know the principle of window of opportunity for menopausal hormone replacement therapy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher; 🇧🇷 São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil