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Results of a questionnaire for women with bleeding disorders at the Coagulation Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden Cover

Results of a questionnaire for women with bleeding disorders at the Coagulation Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

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|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Taking treatment during menstruation (n=67)
Questions:

Do you currently take some form of treatment during your menstruation?
Did you as a teenager take any form of treatment during menstruation?
Taking treatment during menstruation (n=67) Questions: Do you currently take some form of treatment during your menstruation? Did you as a teenager take any form of treatment during menstruation?

Figure 2.

Types of treatment taken during menstruation (n=67)
Questions:

What type of treatment do you currently take to avoid heavy bleeding?
What type of treatment did you take during teenage years?
Types of treatment taken during menstruation (n=67) Questions: What type of treatment do you currently take to avoid heavy bleeding? What type of treatment did you take during teenage years?

Figure 3.

Effectiveness of treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) (n=67)
Question:

Do you experience HMB despite taking treatment?
Effectiveness of treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) (n=67) Question: Do you experience HMB despite taking treatment?

Figure 4.

Missing work or school during menstruation (n=67)
Questions:

Do you currently experience loss of school/work during your menstrual period?
Did you experience loss of school/work as a teenager during your menstrual period?
Missing work or school during menstruation (n=67) Questions: Do you currently experience loss of school/work during your menstrual period? Did you experience loss of school/work as a teenager during your menstrual period?

Other bleeding symptoms (n=67) Question: Do you experience other bleeding symptoms, and if so where do you bleed?

N
Frequency of other bleeding symptoms
Never/Seldom21
Sometimes39
Often7
Localisation of bleeding
Bruising38
Epistaxis29
Muscular2
Joints1
Other0

Diagnoses of questionnaire respondents (n=67)

DIAGNOSISN
von Willebrand disease
  Mild29
  Moderate15
  Severe3
Haemophilia carrier (haemophilia A or B)10
Platelet dysfunction4
Glanzmann thrombasthenia2
FXI deficiency2
FXIII deficiency2
Language: English
Page range: 150 - 157
Published on: Nov 28, 2025
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