The Role of Personal Health Concerns and Knowledge of the Health Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on the Ever Use of HRT by Menopausal Women, Aged 50-54 Years

In this study, personal concerns for medical conditions that begin at the time of the menopause and knowledge of the effects of HRT on these conditions were low. Only personal concern for heart disease among white women was independently, but weakly, associated with ever use of HRT. Black women were less likely than white women to ever use HRT, even after adjustment for baseline differences between them.