Heavy menstrual bleeding in adolescents: incidence, diagnostics, and management practices in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), self-reported by 37% of adolescents, can be the first sign of a bleeding disorder (BD) during adolescence. The Dutch general practitioner (GP) guideline demands laboratory diagnostics and referral for patients at risk for a BD. How often adolescents consult the GP for HMB and which diagnostic and management strategies are used are unknown.

Objectives

This study aims to estimate the incidence of HMB in adolescents in primary care and to identify diagnostic and management practices for HMB, considering the HMB GP guideline.

Methods

Retrospective analyses of a GP network database containing over 200 Dutch GPs were performed. Adolescents aged 10 to 21 years, with a new diagnosis of HMB between 2010 and 2020, and a 6-month follow-

SUBMITTER: Van 't Klooster SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704495 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature