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      A pictorial chart for managing common menstrual disorders in Nigerian adolescents

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      International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
      Elsevier BV

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          Assessment of menstrual blood loss using a pictorial chart.

          Objective menstrual blood loss measurements (in ml) were compared with the score obtained from a pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBAC) which took into account the degree to which each item of sanitary protection was soiled with blood as well as the total number of pads or tampons used. Twenty eight women used the chart during 55 menstrual cycles and a single observer assessed 122 cycle collections in a similar manner. A pictorial chart score of 100 or more, when used as a diagnostic test for menorrhagia, was found to have a specificity and sensitivity of greater than 80%. Demonstration of the relation between self assessed pictorial chart scores and the objective measurement of blood loss enables us to provide a simple, cheap and reasonably accurate method of assessing blood loss before embarking upon treatment.
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            Determination of Menstrual Blood Loss

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              Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992.

              This study sought to describe prevalence rates of chronic gynecological conditions and correlates of these conditions in a representative sample of US women. National Health Interview Survey data from 1984 through 1992 for women aged 18 to 50 were used. The estimated annual prevalence rate for the reported presence of one or more gynecological conditions was 97.1 per 1,000 women. Menstrual disorders were most common, with an annual prevalence rate of 53.0 per 1,000 women. Adnexal conditions and fibroids were the next most common conditions, with rates per 1,000 women of 16.6 and 9.2, respectively. Prolapse, endometriosis, and fibroids were the conditions most likely to lead to hysterectomy within the year prior to the interview. More than three quarters (77.1%) of women with gynecological conditions had talked with a doctor in the previous year concerning their condition, and 28.8% reported spending 1 or more days in bed in the previous year because of their condition. Nearly a tenth of American women aged 18 to 50 report having one or more chronic gynecological conditions annually, the most common being disorders of menstruation.
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                Journal
                International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
                International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
                Elsevier BV
                00207292
                July 1999
                July 1999
                June 25 1999
                : 66
                : 1
                : 51-53
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                10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00025-9
                85bfe82b-d10b-4bc6-a457-2448ecf44526
                © 1999

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