Yusuf Lamia
Dr. Lamia Yusuf, MBBS, FCPS, MHPE. Assistant Professor (Gynaecology / Obstetrics), Rashid Latif Medical College/ Arif Memorial teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistany.
Pak J Med Sci. 2018 Nov-Dec;34(6):1435-1438. doi: 10.12669/pjms.346.15410.
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.
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).
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).
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.
月经过多是妇科门诊和诊所常见的主诉之一。月经过多被定义为有规律的子宫出血过多或子宫出血延长持续超过七天。这是一种几乎影响所有年龄段的令人痛苦的病症，且有多种病因。本研究的目的是确定月经过多对女性生活质量的影响。
这是一项病例对照研究，于2017年1月至2017年12月在拉合尔阿利夫纪念教学医院进行。研究纳入了230名女性。其中，150名月经过多的女性被纳入A组（病例组）。B组包括80名陪同她们且月经周期正常的女性（对照组）。
参与者的平均年龄为35.56±8.85岁。11%的患者月经过多持续时间超过4年，22%的患者月经过多1 - 2年，1.2%的患者月经过多3个月。在所有年龄组中，与月经过多的女性相比，无月经过多的女性生活质量更好（p值<0.001）。
医疗保健提供者应具备治疗月经过多患者的知识，此外，未来应开展定性研究以确定患者对月经过多治疗和管理的看法。
