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Dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain

Africa, Middle East

• BMC Women's Health
  • Holistic approach to dysmenorrhea management: Integrating pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for improved women's health in the Middle East and Africa [2025]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Management of persistent pelvic pain in girls and women [2015]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Dysmenorrhea: An update on primary healthcare management [2024]
  • Chronic pelvic pain with normal laparoscopic findings [2024]

• Queensland Health
  • Acute presentation of persistent pelvic pain (guideline supplement)
  • Acute presentation of persistent pelvic pain

Brazil

• Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
  • WHODAS measurement properties for women with dysmenorrhea [2023]

• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
  • Primary dysmenorrhea: treatment [2013]

Canada

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Approach to pelvic venous disorders [2025]

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Primary Dysmenorrhea [2025]
  • Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain [2024]

China

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Traditional Chinese medicine treatment strategies for primary dysmenorrhea [2025]

• Medicine
  • Comparative efficacy and dysmenorrhea score of 6 object-separated moxibustions for the treatment of Chinese patients with dysmenorrhea [2021]

Ethiopia

• International Health
  • Burden, impacts and management practices of dysmenorrhea among female students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

• Women's Health
  • Prevalence of dysmenorrhea and associated factors among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Europe

• European Association of Urology
  • EAU Guidelines on Chronic Pelvic Pain

• European Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs [2022]

France

• Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  • Endovascular management of pelvic congestion syndrome: An expert consensus statement from the French Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (SFICV), Interventional Radiology Federation (FRI), College of French Radiology Teachers (CERF), and French Society of Women's Imaging (SIFEM) [2025]

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The Underestimated Prevalence of Neglected Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in France [2021]

• Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
  • Prevalence of dysmenorrhea in adolescents in France: Results of a large cross-sectional study [2022]

High-income countries

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Surgical interventions for the management of chronic pelvic pain in women [2021]

India

• Global Health Action
  • Prevalence, risk factors and health-seeking behavior of menstrual disorders among women in India: a review of two-decade evidence [2024]

International

• Acta Biomedica
  • Prevalence, attitude and practice of self-medication among adolescents and the paradigm of dysmenorrhea self-care management in different countries [2020]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Effectiveness of nonpharmacological conservative therapies for chronic pelvic pain in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

• American Vein & Lymphatic Society
  • The Symptoms-Varices-Pathophysiology classification of pelvic venous disorders: A report of the American Vein & Lymphatic Society International Working Group on Pelvic Venous Disorders [2021]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Comparative effectiveness of exercise interventions for primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and network meta-analysis [2024]

• BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for primary dysmenorrhoea: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis [2024]

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain control in women with primary dysmenorrhoea [2024]
  • Combined oral contraceptive pill for primary dysmenorrhoea [2023]
  • Exercise for dysmenorrhoea [2019]

• European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
  • Experiences and perceptions of primary dysmenorrhea mediating management behaviors: A systematic review of qualitative evidence and meta-aggregation [2025]

• Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Significant Increase in Depression in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Analysis [2021]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Developing the FIGO-IPPS "R U MOVVING SOMe" classification system for female chronic pelvic pain [2025]

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) on the management of female chronic pelvic pain (CPP) using the AGREE II instrument [2021]

• Journal of Pain
  • Social Determinants of Health and Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review [2024]

• PLoS ONE
  • Association between cigarette smoking and the risk of dysmenorrhea: A meta-analysis of observational studies [2020]
  • Self-care strategies and sources of knowledge on menstruation in 12,526 young women with dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2019]

Japan

• Advances in Therapy
  • Efficacy of Low-Dose Estrogen-Progestins and Progestins in Japanese Women with Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis [2022]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Association of preconception dysmenorrhea with obstetric complications: the Japan Environment and Children's Study [2022]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Comparisons of the Prevalence, Severity, and Risk Factors of Dysmenorrhea between Japanese Female Athletes and Non-Athletes in Universities [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Trends in the estimated proportion of outpatients with menstrual disorders and the number of prescribed low-dose estrogen/progestin drugs in Japan: A descriptive study [2025]

• Scientific Reports
  • Prevalence of menstrual pain and symptoms and their association with age and BMI among Japanese female app users [2025]

Lebanon

• BMC Women's Health
  • Prevalence, risk factors, and management practices of primary dysmenorrhea among young females [2021]

Nigeria

• Malawi Medical Journal
  • Impact of Dysmenorrhea on Participation in Academic Activities by Female Undergraduate Pharmacy Students in Nigerian Universities: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Assessment [2025]

Saudi Arabia

• PLoS ONE
  • Mobile applications available in Saudi Arabia for the management of Primary Dysmenorrhea: A quality review and content analysis [2025]

Singapore

• Singapore Medical Journal
  • Approach to dysmenorrhoea in primary care [2023]

Taiwan

• Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Ethnopharmacological Survey of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy Prescriptions for Dysmenorrhea [2021]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Increased Incidence of Dysmenorrhea in Women Exposed to Higher Concentrations of NO, NO2, NOx, CO, and PM2.5: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [2021]

United Kingdom

• British Journal of Pain
  • The development and delivery of a female chronic pelvic pain management programme: a specialised interdisciplinary approach [2015]

• Health Technology Assessment
  • MRI versus laparoscopy to diagnose the main causes of chronic pelvic pain in women: a test-accuracy study and economic evaluation [2018]

• Reproduction and Fertility
  • Chronic pelvic pain treatment understanding what matters: a social media survey [2025]

• Right Decisions
  • Chronic Pelvic Pain, initial management

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome [2016]
  • Therapies Targeting the Nervous System for Chronic Pelvic Pain Relief [2015]
  • The Initial Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain [2012]

United States

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • The Use of Cannabis Products for the Management of Pain Associated With Gynecologic Conditions [2024]
  • Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis in the Adolescent [2018]

• American Family Physician
  • Dysmenorrhea [2021]

• Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • Primary care management of chronic pelvic pain in women [2018]

• Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Prevalence of Chronic Pelvic Pain by Sexual Orientation in a Large Cohort of Young Women in the United States [2022]

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Pelvic Pain

• Society for Vascular Surgery
  • The 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery, American Venous Forum, and American Vein and Lymphatic Society clinical practice guidelines for the management of varicose veins of the lower extremities. Part II: Endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Society for Vascular Medicine [2024]

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