ArticleScandinavian journal of caring sciences2026
Constructing Menopause on Sweden's Official Healthcare Platform: A Critical Discourse Analysis.
Article in Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Constructing Menopause on Sweden's Official Healthcare Platform: A Critical Discourse Analysis.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2026Article
- Development of a menopause-specific questionnaire: Content and face validation using a modified Delphi technique.Women's health (London, England)Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMenopause will personally affect half the population and can cause severe symptoms and increase long-term health risks. Despite this, gaps in menopausal knowledge and unequal access to menopausal healthcare have been identified in Sweden. Limited knowledge among women undermines informed choice and delays care-seeking. To address these gaps, this study purports to critically examine how menopause is represented in Swedish digital health communication and to explore the implications for informed choice and equitable care. In Sweden, the Patient Act and national quality standards guarantee accessible, evidence-based information to support autonomy and equity. It remains unclear whether these principles are met in Sweden's primary official digital healthcare platform (1177.se).
aimTo analyse how menopause is discursively constructed on Sweden's primary official digital healthcare platform (1177.se) and to examine implications for informed choice and health equity.
methodFairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis guided interpretation of 1177.se texts on menopause across three levels: text, discursive practice and social practice. Analytical rigour was upheld through reflexive practice and theoretical triangulation, achieved via continuous dialogue among the authors.
resultsSix intersecting discourses were identified: gendered minimisation, gatekeeping, risk-framing, neoliberal individualism, heteronormativity and intersectional exclusion. These discourses oversimplify complexity, privilege selective biomedical knowledge and moralise personal responsibility, limiting autonomy and health literacy. Such patterns contradict the principles of knowledge-based, equitable care outlined in the Swedish Patient Act and the EU Gender Equality Strategy.
conclusionMenopause communication on 1177.se reflects systemic tensions between governance ideals and discursive realities. To fulfil policy mandates and advance equity, digital health communication must integrate precise terminology, multilingual access, balanced risk-benefit framing and inclusive perspectives.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.