Knowledge of Latin American Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Table 2

Answers provided by the OBGYNs regarding some therapeutic aspects of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).

	Age (%)		Gender (%)		Working in (%)
	≤49 ys	≥50 ys	Female	Male	Public sector	Private/public sector
What is the proportion of women with improvement of HMB with a COC with EE? (n = 203)
<50%	98.0	79.4	87.1	89.7	86.7	90.0
Up to 80%	2.0	20.6	12.9	10.3	13.3	10.0
What is the proportion of women with improvement of HMB with a COC with estradiol Val/DNG? (n = 199)
30–40%	27.7	39.0	27.8	37.7	38.8	29.3
41–79%	41.2	28.4	28.3	35.2	32.3	33.6
>80%	31.1	32.6	43.9	27.1	28.9	37.1
What is the proportion of women with improvement of HMB with an LNG-IUS at the end of the first year of use? (n = 201)
30–79%	75.6	75.6	82.9	70.2	81.6	71.7
>80%	24.4	24.4	17.1	29.8	18.4	28.3

OBGYNs: obstetricians and gynecologists; COC: combined oral contraceptive; EE: ethynyl estradiol; LNG-IUS: levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system.