Hot flashes: a potential marker of deterioration of health-related quality of life
Hot flush severity is a strong and independent determinant of HRQoL in midlife women. These findings underscore the need for systematic assessment and targeted management of vasomotor symptoms in routine care, supporting the hypothesis that hot flashes may be a clinical marker of systemic aging.
Authors
- Maribel Dextre
- Karen Díaz
- Eliana Ojeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6606-3029)
- Marcela López
- Lida Sosa
- Monterrosa-Castro Álvaro
- María Teresa Espinoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4222-9511)
- Doris Rodríguez-Vidal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-8360)
- Konstantinos Tserotas
- Ana Lúcia Ribeiro Valadares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-6096)
- Gustavo Gómez-Tabares
- Mónica Ñañez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-6162)
- Ascanio Bencosme
- Andrés Calle
- Hugo Florencio Gutiérrez-Crespo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-6990)
- Marcio AH Rodrigues
- Santiago Elizalde-Cremonte
- Peter Chedraui
- Ircania García
- Margot Acuña-San Martín
- María S. Vallejo
- Paolo Meza
- Carlos Salinas
- Carlos Escalante
- Félix Ayala
- Eugenio Arteaga
- Marcela S. Aguirre
- Javier Saavedra
- Alejandra Elizalde-Cremonte
- Juan E Blümel
- Lucia Costa-Paiva
- Juan Matsumura-Kasana
- Claudia Rey
Institutions
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Universidad Mayor (CL)
- Universidad de La Frontera (CL)
- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (BO)
- University of Cartagena (CO)
- Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (DO)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (AR)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- National University of San Marcos (PE)
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)
- National University of the Northeast (AR)
- Universidad Espíritu Santo (EC)
- Universidad Mayor de San Simón (BO)
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín" (AR)
- Universidad del Valle (CR)
- Clínica Santa María (CO)
- Ministerio de Salud (BO)
- Federación Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología (CO)
- Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (CL)
- Ministerio de Salud (NI)
- Centro Médico ABC (MX)
- Departamento de Salud (ES)
- Universidad Andina del Cusco (PE)
- Climate Foundation (US)
- IPS Central (PY)
- University of Chile (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Climacteric
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2026.2627561
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00