CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF ATHLETIC AMENORRHOEA IN AUSTRALIA: COMPARISON WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES

Principal Researchers: Dr Gaele Ducher (Aust), Dr Sonja Kukuljan (Aust), Dr Anne Turner (Aust).
Associate Researcher(s): Dr Jennifer Carlson (USA), Prof Mary Jane De Souza (USA), A/Prof Nancy Williams (USA) and Prof Helena Teede (Aust).

You are invited to take part in a research project designed to assess the current practices of medical caregivers in the evaluation and treatment of amenorrhoea in female athletes in Australia. Please take a few minutes to read all the following details about this research project before proceeding to complete the survey.

Only read on and complete this survey if you have the ability to prescribe medication to patients aged 12 years or older.

We are asking you to complete the following survey, which will take about 10 minutes to complete. This survey asks questions about practice settings, sex steroids therapy and availability of resources regarding athletic amenorrhoea. Your responses to this questionnaire are completely anonymous and cannot be traced back to you. As we are not able to identify who submitted questionnaires, it will not be possible to withdraw your responses to the questionnaire after submission.
Once you have read and understood the details about this study, please tick the ‘YES’ box on the first page of the survey to be able to complete the questionnaire. If you would like a summary of the results of this project in December 2009, you can contact Dr Gaele Ducher, whose details are listed below.

Ethical Guidelines - this project will be carried out according to the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007) produced by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. This statement has been developed to protect the interests of people who agree to participate in human research studies. The ethics aspects of this research project have been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Deakin University.
IMPORTANT: If you have any complaints about any aspect of the research, the way it is being conducted or any questions about your rights as a participant then you may contact Secretary HEAG-H, Dean's Office, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125, Telephone: (03) 9251 7174, Email hmnbs-research@deakin.edu.au
Please quote project number HEAG-H 125_08.

If you have any other questions about the survey, please contact: Dr Gaele Ducher (PhD), Research Fellow, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University. Ph: (03) 9244 6743. Email: gaele.ducher@deakin.edu.au