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Title
Assessing abnormal uterine bleeding: are physicians taking a meaningful clinical history?
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Lam, Christina
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author
affiliation
Brown University. Alpert Medical School
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Anderson, Britta
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Lopes, Vrishali
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Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
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Schulkin, Jay
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Matteson, Kristen
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Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
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abstracts (summaries)
Note: Scholarly concentration
Women's reproductive health
Note: funding
This research was supported by a National Institutes of Health-funded K23-HD057957 Career Development Award (K.M.)
Abstract
Women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) report significant reductions in quality of life (QOL), which can be attributed in many cases to the fear of embarrassing episodes of bleeding. We performed this study to determine whether or not during clinical encounters physicians addressed the impact of AUB on patient-reported QOL. Between October 2008 and May 2009, we conducted a cross-sectional study of members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Surveys were distributed using a mixed method (web- and mail-based) and included questions about physician characteristics and types of questions used when obtaining a clinical history from a patient with AUB. We calculated the proportion of physicians who endorsed asking each type of clinical question with 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Subject (MESH)
Topic
Uterine Hemorrhage
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Physicians
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Surveys
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Topic
Quality of life
Identifier: DOI
10.1089/jwh.2016.6155
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