ReviewWomen's midlife health2021
Review of menopausal palpitations measures.
Review in Women's midlife health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of menopausal symptom treatment options on palpitations: a systematic review.Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of self-care education program on the severity of menopause symptoms and marital satisfaction in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC women's health · 2022Trial
- Exploring women's experiences and needs during the climacteric to enhance positive mental health and self-care.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Associations Between Potassium Channel Genes and the Occurrence of Palpitations in Women Prior to Breast Cancer Surgery.Seminars in oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Long COVID.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- A research protocol using ECG monitoring for detection of palpitations-associated arrhythmias in breast cancer survivors.PloS one · 2025Article
- A Pilot Study of Associations Between the Occurrence of Palpitations and Cytokine Gene Variations in Women Prior to Breast Cancer Surgery.Biological research for nursing · 2023Article
- Correlates of palpitations during menopause: A scoping review.Women's health (London, England)Article
- A pilot survey of breast cancer survivors' reporting of palpitations to healthcare providers.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Palpitations are reported commonly by women around the time of menopause as skipped, missed, irregular, and/or exaggerated heartbeats or heart pounding. However, much less is known about palpitations than other menopausal symptoms such as vasomotor symptoms. The objective of this review was to integrate evidence on menopausal palpitations measures. Keyword searching was done in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO for English-language, descriptive articles containing data on menopause and palpitations and meeting other pre-specified inclusion criteria. Of 670 articles, 110 met inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Results showed that 11 different measures were used across articles, with variability within and between measures. Inconsistencies in the wording of measurement items, recall periods, and response options were observed even when standardized measures were used. Most measures were limited to assessing symptom presence and severity. Findings suggest that efforts should be undertaken to (1) standardize conceptual and operational definitions of menopausal palpitations and (2) develop a patient-friendly, conceptually clear, psychometrically sound measure of menopausal palpitations.
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