Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Measuring symptom relief in studies of vaginal and vulvar atrophy: the most bothersome symptom approach.
To assess the importance and usefulness of self-reported symptom data, especially the most bothersome symptom, in the evaluation of treatment for vulvovaginal atrophy. ⋯ : The most bothersome symptom approach represents a meaningful new standard for measurement of self-assessed vulvovaginal atrophy symptom change, but evaluation of change in individual symptoms remains an important, unbiased primary analysis of efficacy in vulvovaginal atrophy studies.
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The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) provides a forum through which researchers can present scientific abstracts. After presenting an abstract, the goal is to publish the research as a full-length article. The objective for this study was to determine the publication rate of abstracts presented at NAMS meetings. ⋯ The percentage of abstracts published by NAMS is within the range and within a similar time frame compared with other scientific meetings. Oral presentations are more likely to be rapidly published and may therefore be of higher interest and clinical relevance along with sound methodology and results. Menopause contained the most manuscripts, demonstrating a possible preference of submission to the Society's journal.