Nursing research

BACKGROUND: Fertility-awareness-based methods have been linked to shorter time to conception; however, little is known about the predictors of fertility-awareness-based method use among women who are currently or will soon be trying to conc…

BACKGROUND: Limited information on the normal range of urination frequencies in women is available to guide bladder health promotion efforts. OBJECTIVES: This study used data from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey to (a) estim…

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is highly prevalent; it places women at risk for other chronic pain conditions. There is a high degree of individual variability in menstrual pain severity, the number of painful sites, and co-occurring gastrointest…

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is a prevalent pain condition among women and a risk factor for other chronic pain conditions. Individuals vary in dysmenorrhea pain severity, the number of painful sites, and co-occurring gastrointestinal symptoms.…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been associated with a lean body habitus. However, we do not understand whether endometriosis is also associated with other characteristics of adiposity, including adipose tissue distribution and amount of visc…

BACKGROUND: Women undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer are severely ill and are high users of health services. Contributing to these increased utilization rates are the multiple modalities used to treat ovarian cancer and the complications…