Open Access<p>Burden of Menstrual Pain Measured by Heatmap Visualization of Daily Patient-Reported Data in Japanese Patients Treated with Ethinylestradiol/Drospirenone: A Randomized Controlled Study</p>
Author(s) -
Mikio Momoeda,
Sayako Akiyama,
Shigetomo Yamamoto,
Masami Kondo,
Takeshi Fukai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1179-1411
DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s242864
Subject(s) - medicine , drospirenone , regimen , menstrual cycle , visual analogue scale , randomized controlled trial , ethinylestradiol , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , population , nursing , environmental health , hormone , research methodology
Dysmenorrhea negatively affects women's quality of life and poses a considerable economic burden. A recent study in Japanese patients with dysmenorrhea (NCT01892904) reported a significant reduction in the number of days with menstrual pain after treatment with a flexible extended regimen of ethinylestradiol (EE)/drospirenone (DRSP) compared with a cyclic regimen. However, individual patients' menstrual pain patterns and intensities were not indicated. Heatmapping was used to visualize menstrual pain patterns and intensities by re-evaluating the previously published data from NCT01892904.