Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) relieves dysmenorrhea and heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in adenomyosis. However, its efficacy on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in patients with symptomatic adenomyosis remains unclear. The menorrhagia multi-attribute scale (MMAS), which measures HR-QOL improvement through the treatment of HMB, has never been used for evaluating menorrhagia-specific HR-QOL in patients with symptomatic adenomyosis. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the efficacy of LNG-IUS in improving menorrhagia-specific HR-QOL in these patients using the MMAS. The participants were diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging. We also assessed the relationships between menorrhagia-specific HR-QOL, blood hemoglobin levels, and the degree of dysmenorrhea before and during LNG-IUS treatment. The LNG-IUS treatment improved the menorrhagia-specific HR-QOL more effectively in incipient type adenomyosis than in advanced type adenomyosis. The efficacy of LNG-IUS treatment on dysmenorrhea evaluated by the visual analog scale score tended to be better in the incipient type than in the advanced type. By the treatment of LNG-IUS, the blood hemoglobin level was not improved in the advanced type but in the incipient type. Furthermore, dysmenorrhea and HMB-related anemia were associated with HR-QOL impairment, and LNG-IUS treatment may improve the HR-QOL by relieving the symptoms. In conclusion, the effectiveness of LNG-IUS on HR-QOL is decreased by advanced adenomyosis. Thus, magnetic resonance imaging use should be reinforced to predict LNG-IUS efficacy in improving the HR-QOL of patients with adenomyosis.
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