48.6% of US women with bothersome hot flashes or night sweats said their partner had encouraged them to understand their symptoms and seek treatment. 67.2% of their partners said they had. Couples broadly agreed on how much the symptoms affected daily life. The survey was paid for by a company that sells a treatment for hot flashes, and it used online panels, not a random sample.

253 matched pairs: US women aged 40 to 65 with at least one hot flash or night sweat a day for the past 2 weeks, and partners they had lived with at least 4 days a week; recruited online through survey panels and paid for taking part, May to June 2024; funded by Astellas Pharma; four of eight authors work for Astellas and three for Medicus Economics, and the lead author consults for Astellas and other drug makers