• ‘Have you had a period in the last 6 months?’ and | ‘Yes’ | Menstruating woman |
‘Are you currently pregnant or have you been pregnant in the last 6 months?’ | and ‘No’ | |
• ‘Have you had a period in the last 6 months?’ | ‘No’ | Amenorrhoea |
• ‘Are you currently pregnant?’ | ‘Yes’ | Pregnancy |
• ‘Have you had a period in the last 6 months?’ and | ‘Yes’ | Post-pregnancy woman |
‘Are you currently pregnant or have you been pregnant in the last 6 months?’ and | and ‘Yes’ | |
‘Are you currently pregnant?’ | and ‘No’ | |
• ‘Over the past 6 months how do you regard your periods?’ | ‘Heavy’ | Menorrhagia |
• ‘Have your periods been heavier than usual?’ | ‘Yes’ | Periods heavier than usual |
• ‘Has the pattern of the cycle of your periods changed from usual recently?’ | ‘Yes’ | Pattern of cycle changed |
• ‘Over the last 6 months have you had a period within 3 weeks (21 days) of the start of the previous period?’ | ‘Yes’ | Short cycle |
• ‘Over the last 6 months have you had a period which was more than 5 weeks (35 days) from the start of the previous period?’ | ‘Yes’ | Long cycle |
• ‘Over the last 6 months have you bled between periods?’ | ‘Yes’ | Intermenstrual bleeding |
• ‘Over the last 6 months have you bled during or after sexual intercourse (making love) when you were not on a period?’ | ‘Yes’ | Postcoital bleeding |
• ‘Over the last 6 months have you had a period lasting 10 days or more?’ | ‘Yes’ | Prolonged period |