Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2014

A Study of Demographic Profile and Evaluation of Menorrhagia

Dr. Kiranmai Gottapu, Dr. Sharanya Golagabathula

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Background: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship of various demographic factors in women presenting with menorrhagia and to evaluate the etiology and diagnosis of menorrhagia.

Materials and Methods: All women of 15-45 years age group with complaint of menorrhagia attending the Gynaecology clinic at Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy of Medical Sciences, Eluru during the period of two years from July 2009 to June 2011 are included in the study after informed consent is obtained and analyzed.

Results: A total of 800 patients were analyzed. About 71% of the women are above 30 years, 77% are of low socio economic group , 46% are illiterate and the prevalence of menorrhagia decreases as the education status improves. More than half of the women are housewives and menorrhagia is least common in working women accounting to only 3%. About 41% are with more than the required BMI. 23% are unmarried and most of them are with 20 to 30 yrs of marital life including 60% multiparous women and 60% sterilized. 35% of the women presented with Hb% <8gm/dl and 5% had blood transfusions. The most common structural abnormality found on USG being fioid uterus and the most common histopathology finding being normal endometrium followed by simple endometrial hyperplasia without atypia with cervical changes in 13%.

Conclusions: According to our experience, menorrhagia is influenced by various demographic factors like age, educational status, occupation and socioeconomic status. Menorrhagia is more common in women of greater than 30 yr age group belonging to low socioeconomic status. Most of them are illiterates who are either housewives or daily wage workers. This clearly shows the low literacy rates, and type of work associated with menorrhagia which strongly implicate the necessity of improving the literacy rate. Its prevalence is not much influenced by BMI. And most of the women are multiparous and sterilized.

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Dr. Kiranmai Gottapu, Dr. Sharanya Golagabathula Dr. Kiranmai Gottapu, Dr. Sharanya Golagabathula Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. I

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