SynthesisFertility and sterility2009
Abnormal uterine bleeding: a review of patient-based outcome measures.
Synthesis in Fertility and sterility, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01266759 (Combined Contraceptive Vaginal Ring or Norethisterone for Treatment of Idiopathic Menorrhagia), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Combined Contraceptive Vaginal Ring or Norethisterone for Treatment of Idiopathic Menorrhagia
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of methods to measure menstrual blood loss.BMC women's health · 2018Pooled it
- Use of mixed-treatment-comparison methods in estimating efficacy of treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding.European journal of medical research · 2013Pooled it
- Systematic review highlights difficulty interpreting diverse clinical outcomes in abnormal uterine bleeding trials.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2011Pooled it
- A systematic review comparing hysterectomy with less-invasive treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding.Journal of minimally invasive gynecologyPooled it
- Usual medical treatments or levonorgestrel-IUS for women with heavy menstrual bleeding: long-term randomised pragmatic trial in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016Trial
- Preference elicitation tool for abnormal uterine bleeding treatment: a randomized controlled trial.The patient · 2015Trial
- Distribution of Gastrointestinal and Dietary Risk Factors Among U.S. Adults Classified as Having Iron Deficiency Anemia Across Diagnostic Thresholds.American journal of hematology · 2026Article
- Bleeding Through a Pandemic: Women's Lived Experiences with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Empowering Women Through Knowledge: A Systematic Review of Literature on Menstrual and Reproductive Health Literacy.Health equity · 2025Review
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- Rates of medical or surgical treatment for women with heavy menstrual bleeding: the ECLIPSE trial 10-year observational follow-up study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Observational
- Interventions to improve access to care for abnormal uterine bleeding: A systematic scoping review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2023Article
- The need to screen for anemia in exercising women.Medicine · 2021Article
- Menstruation: science and society.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Review
- Role of Multidetector Computed Tomography (CT) Virtual Hysteroscopy in the Evaluation of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Reproductive Age.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Assessing Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Are Physicians Taking a Meaningful Clinical History?Journal of women's health (2002) · 2017Article
- The Effectiveness of Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System in the Treatment of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2016Article
- Expression of ERα and PR in Various Morphological Patterns of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding-Endometrial causes in Reproductive Age Group.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Outcome measures for heavy menstrual bleeding.Women's health (London, England) · 2016Review
- The menstrual bleeding questionnaire: development and validation of a comprehensive patient-reported outcome instrument for heavy menstrual bleeding.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo summarize and evaluate the patient-based outcome measures (PBOMs) that have been used to study women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB).
designSystematic review.
settingOriginal articles that used at least one PBOM and were conducted within a population of women with AUB. PATIENT(S): Women with AUB. INTERVENTION(S): The titles, abstracts, and studies were systematically reviewed for eligibility. The PBOMs used in eligible studies were summarized. Essential psychometric properties were identified, and a list of criteria for each property was generated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): "Quality" of individual PBOMs as determined using the listed criteria for psychometric properties. RESULT(S): Nine hundred eighty-three studies referenced AUB and patient-reported outcomes. Of these, 80 studies met the eligibility criteria. Fifty different instruments were used to evaluate amount of bleeding, bleeding-related symptoms, or menstrual bleeding-specific quality of life. The quality of each of these instruments was evaluated on eight psychometric properties. The majority of instruments had no documentation of reliability, precision, or feasibility. There was no satisfactory evidence that any one instrument completely addressed all eight psychometric properties. CONCLUSION(S): Studies of women with AUB are increasingly using PBOMs. Many different PBOMs were used; however, no single instrument completely addressed eight important measurement properties.
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