Oversights in global gynaecological disability measurement
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Oversights in global gynaecological disability measurement
Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD)'s "comprehensive accounting, which synthesises prevalence, morbidity, and mortality into disability-adjusted life- years (DALYs), has famously elevated the significance of non-fatal disability, including low back pain, migraines, and depression.2–4
However, the GBD-estimated burden of non-cancerous gynaecological and urogynaecological health conditions is surprisingly small and oddly distributed—a signal that it fails to appropriately account for prevalent, burdensome female ailments. Strikingly, in 2021, premenstrual syndrome accounted for a third of global non-cancerous gynaecological and urogynaecological (disability-adjusted life- years), and several common, debilitating conditions (eg, urinary incontinence and dysmenorrhoea) were absent from common causes"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01272-3/fulltext #Sexism #Ableism #Medicine
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