Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income

CONCLUSION: Dysmenorrhea affected most participants in the cohort with an impact that extends beyond professional obligations. Income was found to be positively correlated with increased OCP use, whereas education level was inversely correlated. Clinicians should consider how patients' backgrounds influence their access to OCP options. An improvement on this study's findings would be to establish a causal relationship between these demographic factors and access to OCPs.PMID:37405315 | PMC:PMC10317510 | DOI:10.52965/001c.74120

Source: Pain Physician - July 5, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Rhea Choksey Rohan K Mangal Thor S Stead Terrika Jones Rosa Flores Latha Ganti Source Type: research