Pain Frequency and Health Care Utilization Patterns in Women with Sickle Cell Disease Experiencing Menstruation-Associated Pain Crises.

ABSTRACT: Background: Pain crises in sickle cell disease (SCD) lead to high rates of health care utilization. Historically, women have reported higher pain burdens than men, with recent studies showing a temporal association between pain crisis and menstruation. However, health care utilization patterns of SCD women with menstruation-associated pain crises have not been reported. We studied the frequency, severity, and health care utilization of menstruation-associated pain crises in SCD women. Materials and Methods: A multinational, cross-sectional cohort study of the SCD phenotype was executed using a validated questionnaire and medical chart review from the Consortium for the Advancement of Sickle Cell Research (CASiRe) cohort. Total number of pain crises, emergency ro

SUBMITTER: Segbefia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10712351 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature