Health Related Quality of Life and Medication use Among Young College Students During Menstrual Cycle

Abstract

of 882 nurses aged 20 to 65 years were compared with 12,213 non-medical working women with similar socioeconomic status. Multivariate generalized estimating equation models were analyzed to test the hypotheses. We also used weighted propensity scores to adjust for selection bias. The primary outcomes were whether or not patients received hospital-based invasive procedures or surgery, total hospitalization cost, length of hospital stay (LOS), and 7-day and 14-day readmission association with genital diseases. Results: Nurses were less likely to undergo hospital-based surgery for genital diseases (OR 0.60; 95% CI: 0.44, 0.81), and they incurred lower total hospitalization cost (β -0.12; 95% CI: -0.18, -0.06) than non-medical working women after adjusting for demographic and clinical factors (eg, age, insurable wage, major diagnosis, Charlson comorbidity index, and physician and institutional characteristics). However, the likelihood of receiving hospital-based invasive procedures, longer LOS, and readmission did not differ between the two groups. ConClusions: A probability of undergoing hospitalized surgery for female genital diseases and incurring total hospitalization cost was lower among nurses than among non-medical working women. These findings suggest that medical knowledge, familiarity with health care system and care experience may have been contributory factors.