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Evaluating a Mobile Digital Therapeutic for Vasomotor and Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Women in Midlife: Randomized Controlled Trial

Jennifer Duffecy; Arfa Rehman; Scott Gorman; Yonglin Huang; Heide Klumpp · 2025 · JMIR mhealth and uhealth

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Abstract

Unlabelled: Background: Perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms affect many women's well-being and quality of life. Digital technologies, especially smartphones, allow self-management interventions for menopausal symptoms, but they are understudied., Objective: We evaluated whether a novel digital care app, Caria, effectively reduced vasomotor and behavioral health symptoms of menopause., Methods: We enrolled 149 women for a 6-week randomized controlled trial (app treatment: n=112; web-based educational control: n=37). Enrolled participants had problematic vasomotor symptoms and at least one el

Abstract by Jennifer Duffecy; Arfa Rehman; Scott Gorman; Yonglin Huang; Heide Klumpp, JMIR mhealth and uhealth (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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