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A prospective study of outcomes five years after hysterectomy in premenopausal women
Author(s) -
FARQUHAR Cynthia Margaret,
SADLER Lynn,
STEWART Alistair W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2008.00893.x
Subject(s) - hysterectomy , medicine , pelvic pain , prospective cohort study , abdominal hysterectomy , depression (economics) , obstetrics , urinary system , cohort study , abdominal pain , gynecology , surgery , economics , macroeconomics
Aims: To prospectively collect data five years after hysterectomy and compare with data of women who had not undergone hysterectomy. Methods: A prospective cohort study of five years of premenopausal women with and with out hysterectomy was undertaken. Multivariate analytical methods were used to control for differences between groups. Results: Comparing the prehysterectomy and five years post‐hysterectomy data, pelvic pain, abdominal pain, urinary frequency and depression scores were reduced five years following hysterectomy. Women in the non‐hysterectomy group were more likely to describe their health as good or very good (74%) than women in the hysterectomy group (56%) ( P = 0.03). Conclusions: The long‐term health of women who undergo hysterectomy is not noticeably different from a group of women who do not undergo hysterectomy. In women undergoing hysterectomy, pelvic pain, urinary frequency and depression scores are reduced five years after hysterectomy compared to prehysterectomy.