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The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity
Joint Authors
Açmaz, Gökhan
İpekMüderris, İptisam
Col Madendag, Ilknur
Eraslan Sahin, Mefkure
Madendag, Yusuf
Sahin, Erdem
Ozdemir, Fatma
Tayyar, Ahter Tanay
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Primary dysmenorrhea, defined as painful menstrual cramps originating in the uterus without underlying pathology, is a gynecological disease that affects quality of life and school success.
Our goal was to determine the effect of anterior uterocervical angle on primary dysmenorrhea and disease severity.
Methods.
A total of 200 virgin adolescents, 16 to 20 years of age, were included in the study.
The Andersch and Milsom scale was used to determine dysmenorrhea severity.
Those with pathologies causing secondary dysmenorrhea were excluded from the study.
Study subjects were grouped based on severity of pain.
Demographic characteristics and uterocervical ultrasonographic measurements were compared among groups.
Results.
Of the 200 participants enrolled in the study, 50 were healthy controls and 150 had primary dysmenorrhea.
Those with primary dysmenorrhea had a significant family history of primary dysmenorrhea compared with controls (P<0.001).
Age (P=0.668), body mass index (P=0.898), menarche age (P=0.915), and length of menstrual cycles (P=0.740) were similar in all groups.
The uterine corpus longitudinal axis, uterine corpus transverse axis, and uterine cervix longitudinal axis were also similar (P=0.359, P=0.279, and P=0.369, resp.).
The mean uterocervical angle was 146.8 ± 6.0 in controls and 143.3 ± 7.3 in those with mild pain with no significant difference between the groups.
In those with moderate pain, the mean uterocervical angle was 121.2 ± 7.3 compared with 101 ± 9.2 in those with severe pain, which was a significant difference.
Additionally, there was also a significant difference in the uterocervical angle among those with mild, moderate, and severe pain (P<0.001).
Conclusion.
Our results indicate that a narrower anterior uterocervical angle is associated with primary dysmenorrhea and disease severity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Eraslan Sahin, Mefkure& Sahin, Erdem& Madendag, Yusuf& Col Madendag, Ilknur& Tayyar, Ahter Tanay& Ozdemir, Fatma…[et al.]. 2018. The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity. Pain Research and Management،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212632
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Eraslan Sahin, Mefkure…[et al.]. The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity. Pain Research and Management No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212632
American Medical Association (AMA)
Eraslan Sahin, Mefkure& Sahin, Erdem& Madendag, Yusuf& Col Madendag, Ilknur& Tayyar, Ahter Tanay& Ozdemir, Fatma…[et al.]. The Effect of Anterior Uterocervical Angle on Primary Dysmenorrhea and Disease Severity. Pain Research and Management. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212632
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1212632