Development and initial validation of an electronic personal assessment questionnaire for menstrual, pelvic pain and gynaecological hormonal disorders (ePAQ-MPH).

Objective: Menstrual disorders, pelvic-pain and gynaecological hormonal conditions in women can have a significant impact on quality-of-life. Reliable assessment and monitoring of these intimate conditions is challenging. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be invaluable in providing objective assessment, but no comprehensive PROM assessing all of these conditions and their impact on quality of life is currently available.

Primary care endometrial sampling for abnormal uterine bleeding: a pilot study.

Aim: To design and evaluate a pilot service for primary care endometrial sampling (PCES).

Design: Retrospective analysis of data from two service evaluations.

Setting: General practices and the gynaecology department in a large city in the UK.

The value of outpatient hysteroscopy in diagnosing endometrial pathology in postmenopausal women with and without hormone replacement therapy.

Background: This study examined the endometrial pathology in postmenopausal women who had experienced abnormal uterine bleeding, both with and without hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and who subsequently underwent outpatient hysteroscopy.

Methods: This is a retrospective observational and comparative study. Patient data in the period from 1998 to 2001 inclusive were examined.