Abstract
Background and Objective:Menorrhagia is one of the common complaints presenting in gynaecology outdoor and clinics. Menorrhagia is defined as excessive uterine bleeding occurring at regular intervals or prolonged uterine bleeding lasting for more than seven days. This is a very distressing condition effecting almost all ages, and has multiple causes. The objective of this study was to determine effect of menorrhagia on quality of life of a woman.Methods:It was a case control study, conducted at Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital Lahore from January 2017 to December 2017. It included 230 women. Out of these, 150 women who had menorrhagia were included in Group A (cases). Group B included 80 women accompanying them and have normal menstrual cycles (controls).Results:The mean age of the participants was 35.56±8.85 years. Duration of menorrhagia was more than 4 years in 11% of the patients, 22% had menorrhagia for 1-2 years and 1.2% for three months. Among all age groups, quality of life was better in female without menorrhagia as compared to female with menorrhagia (p-value <0.001).Conclusion:Health care providers should have knowledge to treat patients with menorrhagia, also future qualitative studies should be done to determine perception of patients regarding treatment and management of menorrhagia.
Highlights
IntroductionCorrespondence: April 25, 2018 August 27, 2018 October 1, 2018 October 2, 2018 social life of a woman, effecting her household work and workplace responsibilities
Menorrhagia, is not life threating, but it has a major impact on personal, family and1
We compared quality of life in both case and control groups and the results showed that among all age groups the quality of life was better in female without menorrhagia as compared to those with menorrhagia (p-value
Summary
Correspondence: April 25, 2018 August 27, 2018 October 1, 2018 October 2, 2018 social life of a woman, effecting her household work and workplace responsibilities It is defined as menstruation periods at regular cycles but with excessive flow which may last for more than seven days. Menorrhagia is defined as excessive uterine bleeding occurring at regular intervals or prolonged uterine bleeding lasting for more than seven days This is a very distressing condition effecting almost all ages, and has multiple causes. Methods: It was a case control study, conducted at Arif Memorial Teaching Hospital Lahore from January 2017 to December 2017. Conclusion: Health care providers should have knowledge to treat patients with menorrhagia, future qualitative studies should be done to determine perception of patients regarding treatment and management of menorrhagia
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