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BMC Women's Health

Ausgabe 1/2013

Inhalt (53 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Care-seeking behavior of Japanese gynecological cancer survivors suffering from adverse effects

Sumiko Oshima, Kengo Kisa, Takayoshi Terashita, Hidenobu Kawabata, Masaji Maezawa

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer in a referral center in southeastern Brazil

Daniella MF Paiva, Vivian O Rodrigues, Marcelle G Cesca, Pamella V Palma, Isabel CG Leite

Open Access Research article

Differences in patterns of high-risk human papillomavirus infection between urban and rural low-resource settings: cross-sectional findings from Mali

Nicholas H Schluterman, Samba O Sow, Cheick B Traore, Kamate Bakarou, Rokiatou Dembelé, Founé Sacko, Patti E Gravitt, J Kathleen Tracy

Open Access Research article

Women’s perceptions and reasons for choosing the pill, patch, or ring in the CHOICE study: a cross-sectional survey of contraceptive method selection after counseling

Christian Egarter, Brigitte Frey Tirri, Johannes Bitzer, Vyacheslav Kaminskyy, Björn J Oddens, Vera Prilepskaya, Arie Yeshaya, Maya Marintcheva-Petrova, Steven Weyers

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Annual acknowledgement of reviewers

Emily Crow

Open Access Research article

Awareness and attitudes towards emergency contraceptive pills among young people in the entertainment places, Vientiane City, Lao PDR

Vanphanom Sychareun, Visanou Hansana, Alongkone Phengsavanh, Keokedthong Phongsavan

Open Access Correspondence

Development of a diagnostic test set to assess agreement in breast pathology: practical application of the Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS)

Natalia V Oster, Patricia A Carney, Kimberly H Allison, Donald L Weaver, Lisa M Reisch, Gary Longton, Tracy Onega, Margaret Pepe, Berta M Geller, Heidi D Nelson, Tyler R Ross, Anna N A Tosteson, Joann G Elmore

Open Access Research article

Fractures in women treated with raloxifene or alendronate: a retrospective database analysis

Shonda A Foster, Nianwen Shi, Suellen Curkendall, John Stock, Bong-Chul Chu, Russel Burge, David R Diakun, John H Krege

Open Access Research article

Unmarried women’s ways of facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka – a qualitative interview study

Malin Jordal, Kumudu Wijewardena, Pia Olsson

Open Access Research article

Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis after a fragility fracture among postmenopausal women in Asian countries: a retrospective study

Annie W Kung, Tao Fan, Ling Xu, Wei B Xia, Il Hyung Park, Hak Sun Kim, Siew Pheng Chan, Joon Kiong Lee, Leonard Koh, Yung Kuei Soong, Suppasin Soontrapa, Thawee Songpatanasilp, Thana Turajane, Marc Yates, Shuvayu Sen

Open Access Research article

Determinants of sexual health knowledge in adolescent girls in schools of Riyadh-Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study

AlJohara M AlQuaiz, Ambreen Kazi, Maha Al Muneef

Open Access Research article

Views of general practitioners on the role of CA125 in primary care to diagnose ovarian cancer

Esther L Moss, Alison Moran, Timothy M Reynolds, Helen Stokes-Lampard

Open Access Research article

A second generation cervico-vaginal lavage device shows similar performance as its preceding version with respect to DNA yield and HPV DNA results

Viola MJ Verhoef, Maaike G Dijkstra, Remko P Bosgraaf, Albertus T Hesselink, Willem JG Melchers, Ruud LM Bekkers, Johannes Berkhof, Folkert J van Kemenade

Open Access Research article

Psychometric properties of a French version of a Dutch scale for assessing breast and body image (BBIS) in healthy women

Noémie Resseguier, Catherine Noguès, Roch Giorgi, Claire Julian-Reynier

Open Access Research article

Improved quality of life after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in Nepalese women

Rolina Dhital, Keiko Otsuka, Krishna C Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Ganesh Dangal, Masamine Jimba

Open Access Research article

Vaginal douching by women with vulvovaginitis and relation to reproductive health hazards

Omar M Shaaban, Alaa Eldin A Youssef, Mostafa M Khodry, Sayed A Mostafa

Open Access Study protocol

Sexual assault resistance education for university women: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (SARE trial)

Charlene Y Senn, Misha Eliasziw, Paula C Barata, Wilfreda E Thurston, Ian R Newby-Clark, H Lorraine Radtke, Karen L Hobden

Open Access Research article

“A man’s gonna do what a man wants to do”: African American and Hispanic women’s perceptions about heterosexual relationships: a qualitative study

Eleanor McLellan-Lemal, Lauren Toledo, Christine O’Daniels, Olga Villar-Loubet, Cathy Simpson, Ada A Adimora, Gary Marks

Open Access Research article

Intimate partner violence and mental health in Bolivia

Dominique Meekers, Sarah C Pallin, Paul Hutchinson

Open Access Case report

Furosemide-induced severe hypokalemia with rhabdomyolysis without cardiac arrest

Wolfgang Ruisz, Claudia Stöllberger, Josef Finsterer, Franz Weidinger

Open Access Research article

Use of emergency department services by women victims of violence in Lazio region, Italy

Sara Farchi, Arianna Polo, Simona Asole, Maria Pia Ruggieri, Domenico Di Lallo

Open Access Research article

Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

M Antonia Biggs, Heather Gould, Diana Greene Foster

Open Access Research article

Determinants of serum levels of vitamin D: a study of life-style, menopausal status, dietary intake, serum calcium, and PTH

Leila Shirazi, Martin Almquist, Johan Malm, Elisabet Wirfält, Jonas Manjer

Open Access Study protocol

The PRCI study: design of a randomized clinical trial to evaluate a coping intervention for medical waiting periods used by women undergoing a fertility treatment

Henrietta DL Ockhuijsen, Agnes van den Hoogen, Nickolas S Macklon, Jacky Boivin

Open Access Research article

Preference for wine is associated with lower hip fracture incidence in post-menopausal women

Jessica T Kubo, Marcia L Stefanick, John Robbins, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Mark R Cullen, Matthew Freiberg, Manisha Desai

Open Access Study protocol

Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (Mirena) versus endometrial ablation (Novasure) in women with heavy menstrual bleeding: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Malou C Herman, Marian J van den Brink, Peggy M Geomini, Hannah S van Meurs, Judith A Huirne, Heleen P Eising, Anne Timmermans, Johanna MA Pijnenborg, Ellen R Klinkert, Sjors F Coppus, Theodoor E Nieboer, Ruby Catshoek, Lucet F van der Voet, Hugo WF van Eijndhoven, Giuseppe CM Graziosi, Sebastiaan Veersema, Paul J van Kesteren, Josje Langenveld, Nicol AC Smeets, Huib AAM van Vliet, Jan Willem van der Steeg, Yvonne Lisman-van Leeuwen, Janny H Dekker, Ben W Mol, Marjolein Y Berger, Marlies Y Bongers

Open Access Research article

Intimate partner violence against women in the Erbil city of the Kurdistan region, Iraq

Hazha H Al-Atrushi, Namir G Al-Tawil, Nazar P Shabila, Tariq S Al-Hadithi

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of factors associated with noncompliance in users of combined hormonal contraceptive methods: a cross-sectional study: results from the MIA study

Txantón Martínez-Astorquiza-Ortiz de Zarate, Teresa Díaz-Martín, Txantón Martínez-Astorquiza-Corral

Open Access Research article

Maternal hair selenium levels as a possible long-term nutritional indicator of recurrent pregnancy loss

Viju V Thomas, Robert Knight, Stephen J Haswell, Stephen W Lindow, Zephne M van der Spuy

Open Access Research article

Ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis: does the location and number of lesions affect the diagnostic accuracy? a multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

Tom K Holland, Alfred Cutner, Ertan Saridogan, Dimitrios Mavrelos, Kate Pateman, Davor Jurkovic

Open Access Research article

An examination of domestic partner violence and its justification in the Republic of Georgia

Eve Waltermaurer, Maia Butsashvili, Nata Avaliani, Steve Samuels, Louise-Anne McNutt

Open Access Research article

Excess weight and abdominal obesity in postmenopausal Brazilian women: a population-based study

Angela A F Gravena, Sheila C R Brischiliari, Tiara C R Lopes, Cátia M D Agnolo, Maria D B Carvalho, Sandra M Pelloso

Open Access Research article

Measuring the nature and duration of symptoms of cervical cancer in young women: developing an interview-based approach

Anita WW Lim, Lindsay JL Forbes, Adam N Rosenthal, Kantipati S Raju, Amanda-Jane Ramirez

Open Access Research article

The biology of malignant breast tumors has an impact on the presentation in ultrasound: an analysis of 315 cases

S Wojcinski, N Stefanidou, P Hillemanns, F Degenhardt

Open Access Research article

Trends and determinants of mortality in women of reproductive age in rural Guinea-Bissau, West Africa – a cohort study

Maram Mane, Ane B Fisker, Henrik Ravn, Peter Aaby, Amabelia Rodrigues

Open Access Research article

Beliefs and attitudes about breast cancer and screening practices among Arab women living in Qatar: a cross-sectional study

Tam Truong Donnelly, Al-Hareth Al Khater, Salha Bujassoum Al-Bader, Mohamed Ghaith Al Kuwari, Nabila Al-Meer, Mariam Malik, Rajvir Singh, Sofia Chaudhry, Tak Fung

Open Access Research article

Agreement of self-reported physician diagnosis of migraine with international classification of headache disorders-II migraine diagnostic criteria in a cross-sectional study of pregnant women

Chunfang Qiu, Michelle A Williams, Sheena K Aurora, B Lee Peterlin, Bizu Gelaye, Ihunnaya O Frederick, Daniel A Enquobahrie

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational Sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15–19

Nicole Drakes, Clarissa Perks, Alok Kumar, Kim Quimby, Colin Clarke, Rajul Patel, Ian R Hambleton, R Clive Landis

Open Access Research article

Posttraumatic stress among women after induced abortion: a Swedish multi-centre cohort study

Inger Wallin Lundell, Susanne Georgsson Öhman, Örjan Frans, Lotti Helström, Ulf Högberg, Sigrid Nyberg, Inger Sundström Poromaa, Gunilla Sydsjö, Ingrid Östlund, Agneta Skoog Svanberg

Open Access Research article

“Would a man smell a rose then throw it away?” Jordanian men’s perspectives on women's breast cancer and breast health

Hana Taha, Raeda Al-Qutob, Lennarth Nyström, Rolf Wahlström, Vanja Berggren

Open Access Study protocol

The M-OVIN study: does switching treatment to FSH and / or IUI lead to higher pregnancy rates in a subset of women with world health organization type II anovulation not conceiving after six ovulatory cycles with clomiphene citrate – a randomised controlled trial

Marleen J Nahuis, Nienke S Weiss, Fulco van der Veen, Ben Willem J Mol, Peter G Hompes, Jur Oosterhuis, Nils B Lambalk, Jesper MJ Smeenk, Carolien AM Koks, Ron JT van Golde, Joop SE Laven, Ben J Cohlen, Kathrin Fleischer, Angelique J Goverde, Marie H Gerards, Nicole F Klijn, Lizka CM Nekrui, Ilse AJ van Rooij, Diederik A Hoozemans, Madelon van Wely

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