Heavy menstrual bleeding among women aged 18-50 years living in Beijing, China: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on daily life

• Published in: BMC women's health 2019-02, Vol.19 (1), p.27-27, Article 27
• Main Authors: Ding, Chengyi, Wang, Jing, Cao, Yu, Pan, Yuting, Lu, Xueqin, Wang, Weiwei, Zhuo, Lin, Tian, Qinjie, Zhan, Siyan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - psychology; Adult; Alcohol use; Anemia; Beijing - epidemiology; China; Cross-sectional studies; Cross-sectional study; Female; Fibroids; Health care; Health risk assessment; Heavy menstrual bleeding; Hemorrhage; Humans; Hysterectomy; Lifestyles; Menorrhagia - epidemiology; Menorrhagia - psychology; Menstruation; Menstruation disorders; Middle Aged; Population; Prevalence; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Sample size; Statistics; Womens health; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1472-6874; 1472-6874
• DOI: 10.1186/s12905-019-0726-1

Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) has been shown to have a profound negative impact on women's quality of life and lead to increases in health care costs; however, data on HMB among Chinese population is still rather limited. The present study therefore aimed to determine the current prevalence and risk factors of subjectively experienced HMB in a community sample of Chinese reproductive-age women, and to evaluate its effect on daily life. We conducted a questionnaire survey in 2356 women aged 18-50 years living in Beijing, China, from October 2014-July 2015. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors for HMB. Overall, 429 women experienced HMB, giving a prevalence of 18.2%. Risk factors associated with HMB included uterine fibroids (adjusted odds ratio [OR] =2.12, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.42-3.16, P