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Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women.

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Moorman, PG; Schildkraut, JM; Myers, ER; Wang, F
Published in: J Womens Health (Larchmt)
July 2011

PURPOSE: Although African American women are more likely than white women to undergo hysterectomy, there are few data describing their symptoms before and after surgery. This report compares reported symptoms in white and African American women before and 1-year after having a hysterectomy with at least one ovary retained. METHODS: Using data from a prospective cohort study, we compared self-reported symptoms at baseline and 1-year follow-up among 382 women undergoing hysterectomy without bilateral oophorectomy (197 African American and 185 white) and 448 controls (199 African American and 249 white). Symptoms were assessed using an 11-item scale with questions on somatic, psychologic, and urogenital symptoms. RESULTS: Women undergoing hysterectomy had more severe symptom scores before surgery than controls, but no significant racial differences were found. At follow-up, total scores for women with hysterectomies were comparable to those of control women, but some differences were observed within individual domains. Urogenital scores were worse for women with hysterectomies for both African American and white women. African American women with hysterectomies had better scores in the psychologic domain than either controls or white women with hysterectomies. CONCLUSIONS: African American women, despite having such characteristics as larger uterine weight and lower hemoglobin that might suggest they would have more severe symptoms, had scores that were no worse than white women both before and after hysterectomy.

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Published In

J Womens Health (Larchmt)

DOI

EISSN

1931-843X

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

20

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1035 / 1042

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Hysterectomy
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Behavior
  • Follow-Up Studies
 

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Moorman, P. G., Schildkraut, J. M., Myers, E. R., & Wang, F. (2011). Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 20(7), 1035–1042. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2010.2543
Moorman, Patricia G., Joellen M. Schildkraut, Evan R. Myers, and Frances Wang. “Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women.J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20, no. 7 (July 2011): 1035–42. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2010.2543.
Moorman PG, Schildkraut JM, Myers ER, Wang F. Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul;20(7):1035–42.
Moorman, Patricia G., et al. “Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women.J Womens Health (Larchmt), vol. 20, no. 7, July 2011, pp. 1035–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1089/jwh.2010.2543.
Moorman PG, Schildkraut JM, Myers ER, Wang F. Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Jul;20(7):1035–1042.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Womens Health (Larchmt)

DOI

EISSN

1931-843X

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

20

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1035 / 1042

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Hysterectomy
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Health Behavior
  • Follow-Up Studies