Analysis of the curative effect and safety of estrogen as an adjunctive treatment of senile vaginitis / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the curative effect and safety of the estrogen as an adjunctive treatment of senile vaginitis.Methods 100 patients with senile vaginitis in our hospital from June 2011 to September 2012 were divided into observation group (n =50) and control group (n =50).Observation group was given estrogen plus metronidazole and control group was given metronidazole only.Results 45 cases were cured and 4 cases had effective treatment in observation group,and 21 cases were cured and 17 cases had effective treatment in control group.The efficacy rate was 98.0％ (49 cases)in observation group versus 76.0％(38 cases) in control group (x2=11.50,P＜0.01).After the treatment,the recurrence rate was 6.1％ (3 cases)and 26.3 ％ (10 cases)in observation and control groups respectively (x2 =10.66,P＜0.05).After treatment,vaginal health scores,symptom scores of vaginitis,and vaginal PH were significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group (all P＜0.05).In addition,the improvements of signs and symptoms were significantly better in the observation group than in the control group (all P＜0.05).However,there was no significant difference in adverse reaction rate between the two groups (P＞ 0.05).Conclusions Estrogen as an adjunctive treatment of senile vaginitis has better curative effect and safety.It is worthy of generalization in clinical medicine.