Martin Vessey

No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus · active 1988-2001

Study types

  • article 9
  • review 2
  • book-chapter 1

Condition tags

  • chronic_pelvic_pain 7
  • endometriosis 5
  • mesh:D004715 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • dyspareunia 1
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • infertility 1
  • mesh:D017699 1
article 2001
Chronic pelvic pain in the community—Symptoms, investigations, and diagnoses
·doi:10.1067/mob.2001.112904
article 2001
The community prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women and associated illness behaviour.

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain has often been described as a major women's health issue, but no information exists on the extent of the problem in the United Kingdom. AIM: To investigate the community prevalence of chronic pelvic pain and …

article 1999
Chronic pelvic pain in UK primary care: patterns of diagnosis
article 1999
Patterns of diagnosis and referral in women consulting for chronic pelvic pain in UK primary care
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08141.x

OBJECTIVES: To describe duration of symptoms and patterns of diagnosis and referral in women with chronic pelvic pain. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis of the MediPlus UK Primary Care Database. SETTING: One hundred and thirty-six gener…

article 1999
Prevalence and incidence of chronic pelvic pain in primary care: evidence from a national general practice database
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08140.x

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence and incidence in primary care of chronic pelvic pain in women in the UK. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of MediPlus UK Primary Care Database. SETTING: One hundred and thirty-six general practices in …

article 1999
Prevalence and incidence of chronic pelvic pain in primary care: evidence from a national general practice database *?Kina T. Zondervan Research OfJicer, "Patricia L. Yudkin Universio Research Lecturer,

MediPlus UK Primary Care Database. Setting One hundred and thirty-six general practices in the UK. Population From 284,162 women aged 12-70 who were registered on the database and who had a general practice contact in 1991,24,053 chronic pe…

review 1998
The prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women in the United Kingdom: a systematic review
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09357.x

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a prevalence estimate for chronic pelvic pain in women in the United Kingdom by analysing published data. DESIGN: Systematic review of published papers. SETTING: The general population or hospitals in the United Kingdom…

article 1993
Epidemiology of endometriosis in women attending family planning clinics
·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(93)90247-t

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article 1993
Epidemiology of endometriosis in women attending family planning clinics.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6871.182

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of endometriosis in women attending family planning clinics with special reference to contraceptive methods. DESIGN: Non-randomised cohort study with follow up of subjects for up to 23 years. Disease …

article 1993
Morbidity following pelvic inflammatory disease
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1993.tb15308.x

OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns of morbidity following hospitalisation for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). DESIGN: Cohort study using Oxford Record Linkage Study data. SETTING: Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. SUBJECTS: One thousand three …

book-chapter 1990
Hyperemesis gravidarum, uterine fibroids, and endometriosis: effects of cigarette smoking on risk
·doi:10.1093/oso/9780192619358.003.0005

Abstract There is substantial evidence that smoking produces an ‘anti-oestrogen’ effect (Baron 1984). This important consequence of smoking appears to be the end result of a number of metabolic pathways: altered hepatic metabolism of endoge…

review 1988
Do British women undergo too many or too few hysterectomies?
·doi:10.1016/0277-9536(88)90289-4