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| Title |
Oral contraceptive pills for primary dysmenorrhoea
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2001
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd002120 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Wong, Chooi L, Farquhar, Cindy, Roberts, Helen, Proctor, M L, Roberts, H, Farquhar, C M |
| Abstract |
Dysmenorrhoea refers to the occurrence of painful menstrual cramps and is a common gynaecological complaint. Research as early as 1937 has shown that dysmenorrhoea responds favourably to ovulation inhibition, and that the synthetic hormones in the combined oral contraceptive pill can be used to treat dysmenorrhoea. These hormones act by suppressing ovulation and lessening the endometrial lining of the uterus. Therefore, menstrual fluid volume decreases along with the amount of prostaglandins produced, in turn effectively reducing dysmenorrhoea by decreasing uterine motility, and thus uterine cramping. The use of combined oral contraceptive pills (OCP) has been advocated as a treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea since their introduction for general use in 1960. There is evidence from epidemiological studies of general populations that combined OCPs can effectively treat dysmenorrhoea. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 37 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 32% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 14 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 24% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 November 2022.
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#4,685,787
of 23,511,526 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#7,183
of 12,735 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,236
of 40,635 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#13
of 28 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,511,526 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 80th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 12,735 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.0. This one is in the 43rd percentile – i.e., 43% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 28 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 57% of its contemporaries.