Menses cup evaluation study.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether the menses cup is well tolerated by menstruating women.


METHODS
Prospective descriptive clinical study.


METHODS
Normal human volunteers in an academic research environment.


METHODS
Fifty-one menstruating women recruited between June to December 1991.


METHODS
Each participant was provided with two menses cups and an instruction sheet. Baseline information, including age, occupation, martial status, parity, description of menstrual flow, and current method used to cope with menstrual flow was collected. Subjects were asked to describe their experience with the cup at 1-, 2-, 6-, and 12-month intervals.


METHODS
The proportion of women who found the cup acceptable.


RESULTS
The cup was used by 51 subjects for a total of 159 cycles. Overall, 23 women (45%) found the cup an acceptable method for coping with menses. Among 29 (57%) women who used the cup for two or more cycles, 62% found it acceptable.


CONCLUSIONS
The menses cup may be an acceptable method for some women for coping with menstrual flow.
Cheng
M
M
Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kung
R
R
Hannah
M
M
Wilansky
D
D
Shime
J
J
D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage