What is the desired menstrual frequency of women without menstruation-related symptoms?
Simone Ferrero1, Luiza Helena Abbamonte, Margherita Giordano
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. simone.ferrero@fastwebnet.it
Introduction:
This study aimed to investigate the desired menstrual frequency of subjects without menstruation-related symptoms.
Materials And Methods:
The study included 270 women of reproductive age. Women with menstrual headache, dysmenorrhea, hypermenorrhea and/or premenstrual syndrome were excluded. The study subjects completed a standardized questionnaire.
Results:
Of the women, 75.6% declared that menstrual periods interfere with their sexual life, 28.8% preferred not having their menstrual period when at work and 48.4% reported that menstrual periods interfere with practicing sports. Given the choice, 28.5% of the women would desire amenorrhea and 27.8% would prefer a reduction in the frequency of menstrual periods. Of the 152 women desiring to reduce menstrual frequency, 73.0% declared that they would accept to use a drug to reduce menstrual frequency.
Conclusions:
Over 50% of women without menstruation-related symptoms would like to lessen the frequency of menstrual periods and about 50% of them would desire amenorrhea.
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