OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and validate a screening tool tailored for working women to comprehensively assess premenstrual symptoms-including physical, psychological, and work-related domains-and to examine its reliability, vali…
RESEARCH QUESTION: How significant is the impact of dysmenorrhea on work productivity and quality of life (QoL) among Japanese women?. METHODS: This large-scale cross-sectional study was conducted using a web-based self-report questionnair…
RESEARCH QUESTION: How does the cost-related oocyte cryopreservation (OoC) vary by the facility in Japan, and what data is provided on the websites about OoC procedures? DESIGN: Website survey. The websites of all 621 facilities that provi…
PURPOSE: We investigated the cumulative live birth rate (CLBR) in women receiving governmental subsidies for assisted reproductive technology (ART) in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. METHODS: Women who applied for subsidies from Saitama Prefect…
BACKGROUND: Uterine adenomyosis is a benign disease, common among women in their 40 and 50 s, characterised by ectopic endometrial tissue in the uterine myometrial layer. Adenomyosis causes infertility and has a negative effect on the outco…