Quality of Life and Sexual Function of the Novasure Endometrial Ablation in Menorrhagia

Shu-Qin Chen

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Quality of Life; Sexual Activity

Treatments: Procedure: Novasure endometrial ablation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01910584

First-GYN-SYSU-2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence on the quality of life and sexual function before, 6 month and one year after Novasure Endometrial Ablation in the treatment of Menorrhagia.

Full description

patients diagnosed menorrhagia scheduled for Novasure Endometrial Ablation because of menorrhagia between november, 2012 and november, 2014 are enrolled to this study.

patients are asked to complete preoperative questionnaires considering Health Related Quality of Life questionnaire(HRQoL) and sexual Female Sexual Functioning Index questionnaire(FSFI). Same questionnaires will also be completed six months and one year after operation.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of menorrhagia
• family complete
• normal endometrial pathology
• had not been referred specifically for surgery
• with normal uterine cavity

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy or demand to preserve fertility
• acute reproductive tract inflammation or urinary tract inflammation
• pathology demonstrate endometrial cancer or precancerous change
• acute pelvic inflammation
• intrauterine device(IUD) in uterus
• depth of uterine cavity less than 4cm or more than 10cm
• pathologic myometrium( such as history of Hysteromyomectomy or classical cesarean section)

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Novasure treated group

Description:

patients diagnosed menorrhea were treated with novasure endometrial ablation

Treatment:

Procedure: Novasure endometrial ablation