Heavy or healthy? Assessing menstrual bleeding and bleeding tendency in Dutch adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is common in adolescents and may indicate a bleeding disorder. The pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBAC) defines HMB as a score ≥150, while an elevated self-bleeding assessment tool (self-BAT) score identifies people at risk for a bleeding disorder (age 12-17 years ≥3 and 18-21 years ≥6). PBAC and self-BAT scores from the general menstruating population are, however, unknown.

Objectives

To assess the prevalence and association of HMB and elevated self-BAT scores in adolescents.

Methods

Adolescents (aged 12-21 years) using the Menstruation Education Calendar application were included if they had completed the self-BAT and ≥1 PBAC. The Menstruation Education Calendar application is a mobile Health intervention and facilit

SUBMITTER: de Vaan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666817 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature