Research Article The Effects of Menorrhagia on Women’s Quality of Life: A Case-Control Study

Copyright © 2013 Sule Gokyildiz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. The purpose of this study is to identify menstruation characteristics of the women and the effects of menorrhagia on women’s quality of life. Methods. The study was designed as a descriptive, case-control one. Results. Of the women in the case group, 10.9 % stated that their menstrual bleeding was severe and very severe before complaints while 73.2 % described bleeding as severe or very severe after complaints. Among those who complained about menorrhagia, 46.7 % pointed that they used hygienic products that are more protective than regular sanitary pads. Women also stated that their clothes, bed linens, and furniture got dirty parallel to the severity of the bleeding. In all subscales of SF-36 scale, quality of life of the women in the menorrhagia group was significantly lower than the ones in the control group