Quality of life in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding: Validation of the Adolescent Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire (aMBQ).

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) affects 34% to 37% of adolescent girls. The Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire (MBQ) is a validated measure of menstrual bleeding-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for women aged ≥18 years. No similar measure existed for adolescents with HMB.

Patients/methods

HMB was defined by the Pictorial Bleeding Assessment Chart (PBAC) score ≥100. In Phase 1, a focus group of adolescents with HMB adapted the MBQ, to generate the Adolescent MBQ (aMBQ). In phase 2, participants with and without HMB were recruited from clinics and self-referral. Each participant completed 3 questionnaires (aMBQ, Pediatric Quality of Life module [PedsQL]^©, PBAC) at two time points. Validity of the aMBQ was assessed by Pearson's corr

SUBMITTER: Pike M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576265 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature