Quality of life and cost-effectiveness of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system versus hysterectomy for treatment of menorrhagia: A randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9252, 2001, Pages 273-277

  Hurskainen, Ritva ^a,b,g   Teperi, Juha ^b   Rissanen, Pekka ^b   Aalto, Anna Mari ^b   Grenman, Seija ^c   Kivelä, Aarre ^d   Kujansuu, Erkki ^e   Vuorma, Sirkku ^b   Yliskoski, Merja ^f   Paavonen, Jorma ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Box 220   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035956671     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03615-1     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Outcomes of referrals to gynaecology outpatient clinics for menstrual problems: An audit of general practice records
2. Complications of vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy among women of reproductive age in the United States
3. Medical Research Council randomised trial of endometrial resection versus hysterectomy in management of menorrhagia
4. Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in the treatment of menorrhagia
5. The levonorgestrel intrauterine system in the management of menorrhagia
6. Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device versus hysteroscopic endometrial resection in the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding
7. EuroQol - A new facility for the treatment of health-related quality of life
8. Inconsistencies and modelling of the Finnish EuroQol (EQ-5D) preference values
9. Quality of life of Finnish population measured by EuroQol
10. The RAND 36-item health survey 1:0
11. The MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): 1, conceptual framework and item selection
12. Short form of depression inventory: Cross validation
13. A longitudinal study of the effects of menopause on sexuality
14. Quality of life of postmenopausal women on a regimen of transdermal estradiol therapy: A double-blind placebo-controlled study
15. The impact of indirect costs on outcomes of health care programs
16. Combined laboratory and diary method for objective assessment of menstrual blood loss
17. Three years' experience with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device and Norplant-2 implants: A randomized comparative study
18. Randomized trial comparing hysterectomy and transcervical endometrial resection: Effect on health related quality of live and costs two years after surgery
19. Randomised trial comparing hysterectomy with endometrial ablation for dysfunctional uterine bleeding: Psychiatric and psychosocial aspects
20. Endometrial resection versus vaginal hysterectomy for menorrhagia: Long-term clinical and quality-of-life outcomes
21. Comparison of microwave endometrial ablation and transcervical resection of the endometrium for treatment of heavy menstrual loss: A randomised study
22. Economic analysis alongside clinical trials
23. The role of cost-effectiveness analysis in health and medicine
24. Open randomised study of use of levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system as alternative to hysterectomy