The PERIOD Quality of Life Tool: Validation of a 10-Item Measure of the Impact of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding on Quality of Life

Effective assessment of menstrual quality of life could facilitate appropriate solutions to menstrual disruption. We demonstrated the convergent validity of the PERIOD-QOL against the Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire, concurrent validity against the Short Form 36-Item Health Survey and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and confirmed its unidimensional structure (N = 201). PERIOD–quality of life (QOL) scores of women with or without heavy periods, or self-reported gynaecological diagnoses, demonstrated known-groups validity. All participants were cis women and >80% were White, so findings are limited by a lack of diversity. Future research should evaluate the PERIOD-QOL in diverse samples, and whether it discriminates between people with/out verified diagnoses.