Avila MA

ORCID: 0000-0002-5081-5326 · 12 papers in corpus
other 2025
mHealth ·doi:10.21037/mhealth-24-88

BACKGROUND: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a prevalent gynecological condition characterized by menstrual pain. Women with PD often experience functional disability, absenteeism, and presenteeism, leading to increased healthcare costs. Health…

other 2025
Journal of translational medicine ·doi:10.1186/s12967-025-06129-7

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) presents a significant clinical challenge with limited therapeutic options. The complex etiology and pathophysiology of AP emphasize the need for innovative treatments. This study explores mRNA-based ther…

observational 2025
European journal of pain (London, England) ·doi:10.1002/ejp.70080

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is a prevalent condition that disproportionately affects women, significantly impairing their functioning. Understanding its prevalence and impact is essential for designing effective interventions. This study aimed…

observational 2024
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02878-z

BACKGROUND: Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is an etiological cyclic pelvic pain related to the menstrual period; it can negatively impact women's quality of life and productivity. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of PD…

observational 2024
Pain management ·doi:10.1080/17581869.2024.2376519

Aim: Different nonpharmacological strategies are adopted to decrease primary dysmenorrhea (PD)-related pain. The present study aimed to verify women's use of nonpharmacological methods for pain and compare them with evidence from the litera…

other 2024
Brazilian journal of physical therapy ·doi:10.1016/j.bjpt.2024.101065

BACKGROUND: The Dysmenorrhea Symptom Interference (DSI) scale is a reliable, valid, and responsive tool to assess the interference of menstrual pain in the physical, mental, and social activities of women. OBJECTIVE: To translate and cross…

other 2024
Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia ·doi:10.61622/rbgo/2024ao16

OBJECTIVE: Dysmenorrhea is the pain related to menstruation; to screen for the symptoms, a working ability, location, intensity of days of pain, and dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score was created. The purpose of this work was to culturally adapt a…

other 2023
Cureus ·doi:10.7759/cureus.39326

Background Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) refers to the occurrence of painful menstrual cramps without pathological involvement of the pelvic organs, with considerable morbidity and high prevalence among females of reproductive age. Objective Th…

observational 2023
Health and quality of life outcomes ·doi:10.1186/s12955-023-02140-y

BACKGROUND: There is an association of dysmenorrhea with human functioning and disability. However, no patient-reported outcome measure has been developed to assess this construct in women with dysmenorrhea. WHODAS 2.0 has been recognized a…

observational 2022
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01945-1

BACKGROUND: To verify the use of pain drawing to assess multisite pain in with primary dysmenorrhea (PD) and to assess its divergent validity, test-retest reliability, intra- and inter-rater reliability and measurement errors. METHODS: Cro…

other 2021
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250111

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological disorder characterized by cramping pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, in the absence of identifiable pathology. While Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is used…

other 2015
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61340-x

BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable compari…