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Hormones at menopause might be able to help women in getting sleep, improving memory and more but only if she also has hot flashes, a new study finds.

Findings of the study is published online in the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), Menopause.

Leading health organizations along with NAMS share common opinion about the hormone therapy at menopause in women. The hormone therapy is for those women who are bothered by moderate to severe menopause symptoms. Those women who are not at all bothered by moderate to severe hot flashes, hormone therapy is less likely to improve their quality of life, according to the study.

“There has been a long debate over this issue. This new, well-designed study puts forth good evidence that hormone therapy does not improve quality of life in recently menopausal women who do not have numerous hot flashes,” says Dr. Margery Gass, executive director of The North American Menopause Society in a press release.

Total of 150 women participated in the study who recently gone through menopause. Nearly 50 per cent of them has seven or more moderate to severe hot flashes every day. The remaining women has three and less mild hot flashes per day.

Participating women were required to answer questions regarding their general health, sexual well being and also the menopause symptoms. This included insomnia, depressed mood, nervousness aching joints or muscles, memory and concentration, anxiety and fears.

After the study it was observed that hormone therapy helped the women with severe and moderate hot flashes significantly. It helped in their joint and muscle pains, sleep, memory and concentration, irritability, anxiety and fears, exhaustion, swelling, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and general health.

However women with mild or no mild flashes, hormone therapy made no difference.