Prevalence of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Female Population Living in Beijing

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Menorrhagia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02304510

PEKU-BJ-2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to estimate the prevalence of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in females aged between 18 and 50 years old living in Bejing.

Full description

This study is an observational, cross-sectional study. A representative sample of 2800 eligible women with different occupations such as farmers, service providers, workers, professional specialists, students and civil servants will be recruited. A cluster sampling method with probability proportional to the distribution of occupation in women in Beijing will be used. Demographic data will be collected by questionnaire. Menstrual bleeding will be evaluated by Pictorial Blood loss Assessment Chart (PBAC). According to the international definition of HMB, a PBAC score more than 100 is considered as HMB.

Enrollment: 2,455 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Females aged between 18 and 50 years (inclusive)
• Stay in Beijing for more than 6 months
• Signed ICF was obtained

Exclusion criteria

• Not achieve the menarche
• With the last menstruation more than one year ago
• Experienced amenorrhea, currently take hormone therapy to induce menstruation
• Had undergone a hysterectomy
• Currently breastfeeding a baby
• Being pregnant

Trial design

2,455 participants in 1 patient group

females

Description:

females aged between 18 and 50 years old living in Beijing