REVEAL Survey Methodology

REVEAL is comprised of two surveys – one fielded to postmenopausal Boomer women aged 45 to 65 and another fielded to health care professionals (including ob/gyns, primary care physicians and nurse practitioners) who treat postmenopausal women.

Because of the sensitive subject matter and to ensure quality assurance, the survey collaborators provided guidance on interviewing techniques to interviewers.

The full methodology for the postmenopausal women survey and the health care professional surveys follows:

Postmenopausal Boomer Women Methodology

A survey was conducted among a representative sample of 1,006 women aged 45-65 who were postmenopausal and not currently on hormone therapy.

A subset of postmenopausal women (n=255) who experienced pain during sexual intercourse, a condition known as dyspareunia, was also analyzed.

Telephone interviews averaged 25 minutes and were conducted from December 4-24, 2008. All interviews were conducted in English by female interviewers.
Key demographic information of the interviewees follows:

Age	Ethnicity	Race*
45-49: 8% 50-55: 30% 56-59: 29% 60-65: 33%	Hispanic: 10% Non-Hispanic: 90%	White: 80% Black: 9% Other: 9%

Income*		Education*		Marital Status
Under $25K: $25K to $39,999: $40K to $59,999: $60K to $74,999: $75K to $99,999: $100K or more:	15% 13% 18% 11% 11% 14%	High school or less: Some college: College graduate: Post graduate degree:	28% 30% 22% 19%	Married: Living with a partner: Single: Widowed: Divorced/Separated:	66% 2% 12% 7% 13%

*Don’t Know/Refused: Race 2%; Income 18%; Education 1%

Health Care Professionals Methodology

Interviews averaged 10 minutes in length and were fielded from December 3-15, 2008.
Key demographic information of the health care professionals follows:

Gender		Years of Practice		Type of Setting		Percentage of Patients Aged 45-65
Male: Female:	53% 47%	Less than 5: 5-10: 11-20: More than 20:	4% 17% 38% 40%	Private Practice: Clinic: Hospital Educational Setting: Note: Health care professionals could choose more than one response; therefore, percentages total more than 100%.	73% 30% 25% 9%	Under 10%: 11-20%: 21-30%: 31-40%: 41-50%: Over 50%:	8% 21% 48% 17% 5% 1%

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