Clinical Outcomes and Costs with the Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System or Hysterectomy for Treatment of Menorrhagia: Randomized Trial 5-Year Follow-up

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1456-1463

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

5 DIMENSIONAL EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAND 36 ITEM SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WELLBEING; ECONOMICS; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEVONORGESTREL; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 11144355425     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.12.1456     Document Type: Article

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