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  1. The accuracy of ultrasound in distinguishing benign from malignant adnexal masses is highly correlated with the experience of ultrasound physicians. In China, most of ultrasound differentiation is done by juni...

    Authors: Cai Tian, Shu-Bin Wen, Cong-Ying Zhao, Xiao-Nan Yan and Jie-Xian Du
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:585
  2. Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pervasive form of gender-based violence (GBV) that is largely undisclosed, especially among women seeking healthcare services in Uganda. Prioritizing survivor needs ma...

    Authors: Ronald Anguzu, Laura D. Cassidy, Annettee O. Nakimuli, Judith Kansiime, Harriet M. Babikako, Kirsten M. M. Beyer, Rebekah J. Walker, Christopher Wandira, Felix Kizito and Julia Dickson-Gomez
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:584
  3. This study aimed to reveal the urine metabolic change of endometrial cancer (EC) patients during fertility-sparing treatment and establish non-invasive predictive models to identify patients with complete remi...

    Authors: Junyu Chen, Jiale Liu and Dongyan Cao
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:583
  4. Knowledge of the ovulatory period enables women in avoiding and engaging in sexual intercourse either to avoid and to have pregnancy as desired. It has been reported that young people have less knowledge of th...

    Authors: Fantu Mamo Aragaw, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Daniel Alayu Shewaye, Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Tadele Biresaw Belachew and Wubshet Debebe Negash
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:581
  5. Children and women in urban informal settlements have fewer choices to access quality maternal and newborn health care. Many facilities serving these communities are under-resourced and staffed by fewer provid...

    Authors: Charity Ndwiga, Timothy Abuya, Chantalle Okondo, Sharon Akinyi, Anneka Wickramanayake and Charlotte E. Warren
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:580
  6. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compile existing evidence on the significance of the NLR in predicting endometriosis in order to aid clinical decision-making and outcomes.

    Authors: Fatemeh Tabatabaei, Hossein Tahernia, Arshin Ghaedi, Aida Bazrgar and Shokoufeh Khanzadeh
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:576
  7. Demand generation aims to increase clients’ desire to use family planning. The aim of this work was to systematically summarize strategies, facilitators, and barriers to scaling up and sustaining demand genera...

    Authors: Ashraf Nabhan, Rita Kabra, Alyaa Ashraf, Fatma Elghamry and James Kiarie
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:574
  8. Abnormal vaginal discharge is a common complaint among women of reproductive age, affecting about one- third of all women. In resource-limited settings where access to laboratory services is limited, treatment...

    Authors: Onesmus Magezi Ahabwe, Taseera Kabanda, Lenard Abesiga, Julius Mugisha, Musa Kayondo, Joseph Ngonzi, Rodgers Tugume, Collins David Agaba, Onesmus Byamukama, Leevan Tibaijuka and Henry Mark Lugobe
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:572
  9. There is a steadily increasing trend in obesity globally and in Sub-Saharan Africa that disproportionately affects women in most places. This is not different in Uganda, where the Uganda Demographic and Health...

    Authors: Justine Athieno, Georgina Seera, Faith Muyonga Mayanja Namayengo, Joweria Nambooze Galabuzi and Mariam Namasaba
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:571
  10. Ovarian reserve is the number of oocytes remaining in the ovary and is one of the most important aspects of a woman’s reproductive potential. Research on the association between thyroid dysfunction and ovarian...

    Authors: Muge Halici, Mustafa Ege Seker, Irem Yagmur Gebedek, Merve Nida Gokbak, Abdurrahman Furkan Cetisli, Ahmet Berkan Ciftci, Emine Konac, Sule Yildirim Kopuk, Bulent Tiras and Yigit Cakiroglu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:570
  11. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine-metabolic disorder affecting health and quality of life of those affected across the lifespan. We currently have limited evidence-based data on the...

    Authors: Beate C. Sydora, Michaelann S. Wilke, Maggie McPherson, Sarah Chambers, Mahua Ghosh and Donna F. Vine
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:569
  12. This study aimed to develop a preoperative nomogram based on clinical and pathological characteristics to provide a more individualized and accurate estimation of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with e...

    Authors: Yuan-Run Deng, Xiao-Jing Chen, Cai-Qiu Xu, Qiao-Zhi Wu, Wan Zhang, Sui-Qun Guo and Li-Xian Li
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:568
  13. GBV has been global public health, family, and social problem for several decades as it is expensive for society and the economy. The study was conducted to determine the possible differences in knowledge, per...

    Authors: Corne Davis, Anesu Kuhudzai and Koustuv Dalal
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:565
  14. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is characterized by involuntary urine leakage in response to increased abdominal pressure, such as coughing, laughing, or sneezing. It significantly affects women’s quality of...

    Authors: Shufei Zhang, Mao Chen, Jianfeng Liu, Lian Yang, Hanyue Li and Li Hong
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:564
  15. Homeless women have complex life conditions and are often exposed to violence, sexual exploitation, rape, prostitution, reproductive disorders, survival sex trading, unintended pregnancies and sexually transmi...

    Authors: Nayara Gonçalves Barbosa, Lise Maria Carvalho Mendes, Fábio da Costa Carbogim, Angela Maria e Silva, Thaís de Oliveira Gozzo and Flávia Azevedo Gomes-Sponholz
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:561
  16. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in adult women in the developing world including Ethiopia. To combat cervical cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that girls aged 9–14 ye...

    Authors: Genet Hailu, Desalegn Wirtu, Tariku Tesfaye and Motuma Getachew
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:560
  17. A cesarean scar defect (CSD) is incomplete healing of the myometrium at the site of a prior cesarean section (CS), complicating more than half of all cesarean sections. While transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) is t...

    Authors: Zahra Allameh, Safoura Rouholamin, Sina Rasti, Atoosa Adibi, Zahra Foroughi, Maryam Goharian, Mehrdad Rabiee Rad and Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:558
  18. Unexplained infertility accounts for 25% of infertility causes in the UK. Active intervention methods, such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF), are often sought. Despite the Nat...

    Authors: Jessica Ka-Yan Man, Anne Elizabeth Parker, Sophie Broughton, Hamza Ikhlaq and Mausumi Das
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:557
  19. Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide, and its incidence is increasing, particularly in low-medium-income countries (LMICs). Evidence shows that breast self-examination ...

    Authors: Mujidat Awogbayila, Olayinka Onasoga, Umar Jibril, Funmilayo Oluwafemi and Edidiong Orok
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:556
  20. Serum albumin (ALB) and hemoglobin (HGB) are important serum biochemical indices of the nutritional status of patients and are associated with cancer development. We investigated the relationship between ALB a...

    Authors: Xinmei Wang, Juan Xu, Hongyuan Zhang and Pengpeng Qu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:553
  21. Oral contraceptives (OCs) affect lipid metabolism, which can cause hyperlipidemia, a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The study was designed to evaluate the possible changes in lipid profile due to usi...

    Authors: Seyed Jalal Hashemi, Rozhan Khezri, Nader Saki, Nahal Nasehi, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Mahmood Harizi and Zahra Rahimi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:552
  22. Endometriosis often leads to a decrease in Quality of Life (QoL), due to its impact on various aspects of women’s lives, such as social life, mental health, sex life, and working capacity. Although previous st...

    Authors: Karin Pontoppidan, Matts Olovsson and Hanna Grundström
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:551
  23. Modern contraceptive refers to “a product or medical procedure that interferes with reproduction from acts of sexual intercourse”. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between residential statu...

    Authors: Anthony Mwinilanaa Tampah-Naah, Elijah Yendaw and Joshua Sumankuuro
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:550
  24. : Ovotestis is a rare cause of sexual ambiguity characterized by the presence in a patient of both testicular and ovarian tissue, leading to the development of both male and female structures. We report a case...

    Authors: Koui Bbs, Abouna Ad, Toukilnan Djiwa, Traore B, Kouyate M, Kouame Ke and Aman Na
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:549
  25. As an emerging surgical technology, tissue removal systems have been widely used in the treatment of endometrial polyps due to its characteristics of less endometrial damage, shorter learning curve and clearer...

    Authors: Danna Su, Jiajie She, Yuting Xu, Ying Li, Yan Guo, Yajie Yang, Qiao Tan, Liping Wang and Ruiying Diao
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:546
  26. Uganda has among the highest fertility rates in the world and multi-level barriers contribute to the low contraceptive use.

    Authors: Christine Muhumuza, Katelyn M. Sileo, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Trace S. Kershaw, Haruna Lule, Samuel Sekamatte and Susan M. Kiene
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:545
  27. Limited research has investigated the barriers to physical exercise among women in Iraqi Kurdistan Region and other similar Muslim and Middle Eastern societies. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ...

    Authors: Sherzad A. Shabu, Mariwan H. Saka, Dara A. Al-Banna, Sahar M. Zaki, Hamdia M. Ahmed and Nazar P. Shabila
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:543
  28. Domestic violence against women is a prevalent in Liberia, with nearly half of women reporting physical violence. However, research on the biosocial factors contributing to this issue remains limited. This stu...

    Authors: Riaz Rahman, Md. Nafiul Alam Khan, Sabiha Shirin Sara, Md. Asikur Rahman and Zahidul Islam Khan
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:542
  29. To evaluate the quality of life in patients treated for submucosal leiomyomas after hysteroscopic myomectomy compared to medical therapy. This is the first prospective randomized analysis comparing outcomes of...

    Authors: Teresa Tam and Lourdes Juarez
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:541
  30. As part of efforts to prevent violence against women, several countries have institutionalized formal support services including legislations to prevent, protect victims, and deter perpetrators of domestic vio...

    Authors: Ruth Minikuubu Kaburi and Basil Benduri Kaburi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:539
  31. Breast self-examination is a simple, painless, confidential and inexpensive screening method for early diagnosis that does not require specialized tools and equipment. In this study, we have estimated the pool...

    Authors: Bahman Ahadinezhad, Omid Khosravizadeh, Sima Rafiei, Nastaran Habibi, Zahra Karimkhani and Aisa Maleki
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:538
  32. This research investigated the determinants of the number of family planning consumers in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, with a focus on outlet’s and provider’s characteristics which are important factors influenc...

    Authors: Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang, Duc Dung Le, Sutthida Chuanwan and Duah Dwomoh
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:537
  33. Abnormal uterine bleeding associated with ovulatory dysfunction (AUB-O) is a typical gynecological disease that can affect women of various ages. Being able to identify women at risk of AUB-O could allow physi...

    Authors: Yue Zhang, Zhou Luo, Yingxian Jia, Yunxiu Zhao, Yizhou Huang, Fei Ruan, Qian Ying, Linjuan Ma, Jie Luo and Jianhong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:536
  34. Endometriosis (EMS) occurs when normal uterine tissue grows outside the uterus and causes chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Endometriosis-associated infertility is thought to be caused by unknown mechanisms...

    Authors: Xuezhen Wang, Qin Zheng, Man Sun, Luotong Liu, Huan Zhang and Weiwei Ying
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:535
  35. Non-institutional delivery is one of the major reasons that results in high mortality rates for a mother and her neonate. The World Health Organization estimates that only 43% of mothers have access to skilled...

    Authors: Temesgen Geta, Fekire Sugebo and Fekadu Anjulo
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:529

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