Measuring hot flash phenomenonology using ambulatory prospective digital diaries

Conclusions: A prospective electronic digital hot flash diary allows for a more precise quantitation of hot flashes while overcoming many of the limitations of commonly used retrospective questionnaires and paper diaries. Unique insights into the phenomenology, loci, and associated characteristics of hot flashes were obtained using this device. The digital hot flash phenomenology diary is recommended for future ambulatory studies of hot flashes as a prospective measure of the hot flash experience.

Source: Menopause - October 28, 2016 Category: OBGYN Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research