Search for dissertations about: "Dysmenorrhea"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Dysmenorrhea.

  2. 1. Factors influencing women´s choice of contraception

    Author : Ingela Lindh; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Contraception; Epidemiology; Reproductive health; Body Mass Index; Dysmenorrhea; Smoking; Longitudinal; Cross-sectional;

    Abstract : Abstract Factors influencing women’s choice of contraception Ingela Lindh, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden Aims: To describe contraceptive use and to identify factors influencing women’s use of contraception in order to improve future contraceptive compliance. Methods: Contraceptive use, reproductive health, weight/height and smoking were assessed by postal questionnaires distributed to random samples of 19-year old women resident in Gothenburg, Sweden, born in 1962, 1972 and 1982. READ MORE

  4. 2. Psychogenic needs and masculinity-femininity across adolescence : their relationschips to dysmenorrhea and psychiatric symptoms

    Author : Ulla Holmlund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Holmlund, Ulla. 1991. Psychogenic needs and Masculinity-Femininity across adolescence. Their relationships to dysmenorrhea and psychiatric symptoms. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pelvic pain due to endometriosis and dysmenorrhea

    Author : Lisa Söderman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Approximately 70% of women in reproductive age suffer from dysmenorrhea around the world but no prevalence study has been made in Sweden for 35 years. Dysmenorrhea, painful menstruation, can be a sign of endometriosis which for many is a disabling disease due to pelvic pain but also symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract, the bladder, fatigue and infertility. READ MORE

  6. 4. The response to mechanical distension of the non-pregnant human uterus in vivo

    Author : Othon Lalos; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The ability of the uterus to contract in response to mechanical distension has been utilized in the development of a method, hysterometry, for the quantification of hormonal and pharmacological effects on the human myometrium in vivo. The method has been built up with due consideration for laws from mechanics of materials and hydrodynamics. READ MORE

  7. 5. Effects of lignocaine in endometriosis : a clinical and cellular investigation

    Author : Karin Wickström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : BACKGROUND:Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin that can cause severe dysmenorrhea, chronic pain and impaired quality of life. Lignocaine has anti-inflammatory properties and pertubation with lignocaine could be beneficial in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain. READ MORE