The structured menstrual history: Developing a tool to facilitate diagnosis and aid in symptom management

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-435

  Matteson, Kristen A ^a   Munro, Malcolm G ^b   Fraser, Ian S ^c  

^a Division of Research Women and Infants Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; heavy menstrual bleeding; patient based outcome measures; structured menstrual history

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEAVY MENSTRUAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT BASED OUTCOME MEASURE; PATIENT CARE; PICTORIAL BLEEDING ASSESSMENT CHART; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURED MENSTRUAL HISTORY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENSTRUATION; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 80855164474     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287666     Document Type: Review

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