Young people's experiences of periods and period pain

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Sharon Dixon

Sharon Dixon is an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. She is also a GP partner in Oxford. The interviews for this study were collected as part of her DPhil research about developing knowledge to better support young people with painful periods. Sharon conducted all of the interviews, led the analysis and wrote all of the topic summaries.

Acknowledgements:

We would like to thank all the people who shared their stories with us; without you none of this would be possible. Many thanks to the actors for lending their voices to participants who wished to remain anonymous.

We are grateful to the individuals, charities, and organisations who helped support recruitment to this study.

Thank you to all of the advisory panel members who have provided feedback and advice throughout this project, and who have supported recruitment, and reviewed and improved topic summaries. Your enthusiasm, kindness, and encouragement were so hugely appreciated.

Thank you to Dr Laura Knox, who advised on bleeding problems and periods in teenagers, and contributed her wisdom to reviewing those topic summaries and her voice as a doctor. Thank you to Mrs Louise Siddle, who reviewed the topic summaries about periods and period pain in school. Thank you to Dr Dewar-Haggart and Dr Tori Ford who gave a helpful final review for topic summaries for this project. Thank you to Professor Katy Vincent, for support and supervision for my DPhil, for supporting and guiding this project, and for giving wisdom and voice to the doctor speaks clips.

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Advisors

And our enormous thanks to the young people and patient representatives who have been instrumental throughout this whole project, and who have helped design, guide, and make this study and resource happen and come to reality. Some of them are named below, but our thanks to everyone who has been part of this project.

Wiktoria

Arina Grosu

Srhya Lalh

Frankie Ratcliffe

Anne Llewelyn

Robyn Halliday

Anne Joseph

Hanaa-Sophiya Sabir

Ad panel members:

Professor Katy Vincent.

Dr Rebecca Mawson

Rebecca White (Wellbeing of Women)

Acushla and Chrissy Cattle (Irise)

Dr Maria Tomlinson

Dr Jodie Hughes

Dr Beth Thomas

Professor Joyce Harper

Emma Cox (CEO Endometriosis UK)

Professor Annalise Weckesser

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This is a summary of independent research funded by an NIHR DRF (NIHR301787) awarded to Sharon Dixon NIHR DRF (What knowledge would support improving the management of teenagers with dysmenorrhoea in primary care? - NIHR Funding and Awards), is funded by the NIHR for this research project. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR, NHS or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.