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Selected AbstractsPerceptions about quality of life in a school-based population of adolescents with menorrhagia: implications for adolescents with bleeding disordersHAEMOPHILIA, Issue 3 2008A. PAWAR Summary., This study examined the effect of menorrhagia on the quality of life (QOL) of adolescents. We used data from a survey of 45 adolescents. Using the Pictorial Blood Assessment Chart (PBAC) and a PBAC score of ,100 we identified adolescents likely to have menorrhagia. Our statistical analysis indicated that menorrhagia adversely affects the QOL of adolescents. In this article we discuss the implications of our study and future research avenues. [source] A randomised controlled trial of vitamin E in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoeaBJOG : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, Issue 4 2005S. Ziaei Objective To study the effect of vitamin E in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea. Design A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Setting A secondary school in Tehran, Iran. Population Two hundred and seventy-eight girls aged 15,17 years who suffered from primary dysmenorrhoea. Methods Participants were given 200 units of vitamin E or placebo twice a day, beginning two days before the expected start of menstruation and continued through the first three days of bleeding. Treatment was continued over four consecutive menstrual periods. Main outcome measures The severity and duration of pain, and the amount of menstrual blood loss, at two and four months. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to record pain, and a validated Pictorial Blood Loss Assessment Chart (PBLAC) to measure menstrual loss. Results In the vitamin E group, pain severity was lower with vitamin E at two months (median VAS score 3 vs 5, P > 0.001) and four months (0.5 vs 6, P > 0.001), pain duration was shorter at two months (mean 4.2 [7.1] hours vs 15 [17], P > 0.001) and at four months (1.6 [4.0] hours vs 17 [18] hours, P > 0.0001), and blood loss assessed by PBLAC score was lower at two months (54 [31] vs 70 [40], P > 0.0001) and at four months (46 [28] vs 70 [37], P > 0.0001). Conclusion Vitamin E relieves the pain of primary dysmenorrhoea and reduces blood loss. [source] Association of bullying with adolescent health-related quality of lifeJOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, Issue 6 2003A Wilkins-Shurmer Objective: To examine the relationship between being bullied and health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in adolescence. Methodology: Subjects were a cohort of 805 adolescents with a mean age of 13.6 years (standard deviation 0.2 years). An adolescent questionnaire elicited the frequency of being bullied. HR-QOL was measured using the Child Health Questionnaire , Parent Report Form (CHQ-PF50) and Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Assessment Charts for Adolescents. Results: Thirty-six per cent of boys and 38 per cent of girls reported being bullied at least weekly. Adolescent psychosocial HR-QOL was inversely related to frequency of being bullied, while physical HR-QOL was not related. Conclusion: Peer bullying is an important determinant of adolescent HR-QOL with a negative impact on psychosocial well-being. [source] Early childhood factors influencing health-related quality of life in adolescents at 13 yearsCHILD: CARE, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 4 2004Elise Maher Early childhood factors influencing health-related quality of life in adolescents at 13 years . Wilkins, A.J., O'Callaghan, M.J., Najman, J.M., Williams, G.M. & Shuttlewood, G. ( 2004 ) Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health40 , 102 , 109 . Objective To understand the relationship of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) to early life experience. Methodology Eight thousand five hundred and fifty-six women enrolled in a prospective study at their first antenatal clinic visit. At 13 years, of 5345 women remaining, a consecutive sample of 901 mother/child pairs provided data on adolescent HRQOL using the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Report form (CHQ-PF50) and the Dartmouth COOP Functional Assessment Charts for Adolescents. The CHQ-PF50 yielded physical (PHS) and psychosocial (PSS) summary scores. We examined the relationship between HRQOL and early childhood predictive variables. Results PHS was related to gestation, maternal health symptoms in pregnancy, maternal anxiety at 6 months, child health and hours of childcare at 5 years (P < 0.05). PSS was related to maternal age at index visit, maternal attitude to pregnancy, maternal satisfaction with caregiving and maternal depression at 6 months, and child health and behaviour problems at 5 years (internalizing and social/attentional/thought (SAT) domains) (P < 0.05). Findings from adolescent self-reports were similar. Conclusions This study has identified a number of early childhood determinants of adolescent HRQOL. These findings add to the evidence of the effects of early adversity on the developmental pathways of children and support the need for effective early intervention. [source] Assessment of menstrual blood loss using a pictorial chart: a validation studyBJOG : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, Issue 3 2000Gynaecology), Peter C. Reid Consultant (Obstetrics Objective To assess the accuracy of a pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBAC) as a method for estimating menstrual blood loss in women complaining of heavy periods. Design A prospective analysis of 103 consecutive women complaining of excessive menstrual blood loss. Population Women recruited into an on-going study of menstrual blood loss in a large district general hospital. Main outcome measures Correlation between pictorial assessment of blood loss and actual measured menstrual blood loss. Results There was poor correlation between observed PBAC score and menstrual blood loss. Conclusion We have not been able to validate previously published work. The pictorial assessment chart offers no significant improvement in the quality of objective diagnosis in women complaining of menorrhagia. [source] | ||||||||||