Joe Kai

ORCID: 0000-0001-9040-9384 · 6 papers in corpus
observational 2022
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners ·doi:10.3399/bjgp.2022.0260

BACKGROUND: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common problem that can significantly affect women's lives. There is a lack of evidence on long-term outcomes after seeking treatment. AIM: To assess continuation rates of medical treatments …

rct 2019
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224964

BACKGROUND: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with an elevated vaginal pH and the presence of abnormal offensive discharge. It is common, often recurrent, and the most effective treatment regimen is unknown. 'Metronidazole Versus lacti…

rct 2015
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) ·doi:10.3310/hta19880

BACKGROUND: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common problem, yet evidence to inform decisions about initial medical treatment is limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the levonorgestrel-rele…

meta-analysis 2013
Social science & medicine (1982) ·doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.09.016

'Menorrhagia', or heavy menstrual bleeding, is a common problem affecting women. The principal driver for treatment is women's experience of its interference in their lives, so a measure of quality of life (QoL) is increasingly used as the …

rct 2013
New England Journal of Medicine ·doi:10.1056/nejmoa1204724

BACKGROUND: Menorrhagia is a common problem, yet evidence to inform decisions about therapy is limited. In a pragmatic, multicenter, randomized trial, we compared the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (levonorgestrel-IUS) with us…

other 2011
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03057.x

Menorrhagia, or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), is a common gynaecological condition. As the aim of treatment is to improve women's wellbeing and quality of life (QoL), it is necessary to have effective ways to measure this. This study inve…