PREVALENCE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH SUB FERTILITY

  Background: Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is the idiopathic complication in premenopausal females or females that have chance to get pregnancy. It can have significant impact on quality-of-life of female and also lead to several complications including subfertility. Objective: To determine the frequency of dysfunctional uterine bleeding in patients presenting with problem of sub-fertility. Study design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore. Duration: 3 months (July to October 2020). Method: Sample size of 150 patients were enrolled in the study through Non Probability, Consecutive Sampling. Patients of age 20-40 years, presented with diagnosis of subfertility were included. Then females were evaluated for presence of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Data was recorded on proforma and analyzed by using SPSS version 22. Results: The mean age of females was 32.56 ± 8.93 years. The mean BMI of females was 29.61 ± 12.43 kg/m2. The mean duration of marriage was 8.94 ± 3.47 years. There were 97 (65%) females with primary subfertility while 53 (35%) females had secondary subfertility. Out of 150 females, dysfunctional uterine bleeding was noted in 69 (46%) females while 81 (54%) females did not had dysfunctional uterine bleeding. In females with primary subfertility, dysfunctional uterine bleeding was observed in 38 (39.2%) females. In females with secondary subfertility, dysfunctional uterine bleeding was observed in 31 (58.5%) females. The difference was significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Though this study, we found significantly high frequency of dysfunctional uterine bleeding in females with subfertility. Also the frequency of dysfunctional uterine bleeding was significantly higher in females with secondary subfertility as compared to primary subfertility.