Hot flushes and night sweats are assessed by the Hot Flush Rating Scale.
The primary outcome is Problem Rating of HF/NS (Hot Flush Rating Scale HFRS) 32 at post-treatment assessment.
Self-report measures include daily diaries recording frequency and severity of HF/NS and validated scales such as the Hot Flush Rating Scale, 32 or electronic event markers.
Menopausal status (as defined by the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop), 38 use of treatments for menopause and concomitant medications and therapies are also recorded in table 1. Hot-flush problem-rating is a subscale of the Hot Flush Rating Scale, 32 calculated as the mean of three items, each measured on a 10-point scale (low to high).
Hot flush problem rating is a subscale of the Hot Flush Rating Scale [ 55], calculated as the mean of three items each measured on a 10 point scale (low to high), e.g. "To what extent do you regard your flushes/sweats as a problem?" (1 = not at all a problem, 10 = very much a problem).
As indicated previously, the FACT-ES and the Hot Flush Rating Scale will be used as the primary study endpoints, and the remaining measures will be considered as secondary endpoints.
Scores for the FACT-ES, the Hot Flush Rating Scale, the BFLUTS, the SAQ, the QLQ-BR23 body image scale, the HADS, and the SF-36 will be calculated according to published scoring algorithms.
Sheltering may reduce the flushing rate of the tracer gas from the cube relative to internal mixing rate.
This study investigated the effectiveness of ultrasound enhancement in the soil-flushing method for a range of conditions involving soil type, soil density, flushing rate, and sonication power.
