Sonia R Grover
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· 16 papers in corpus
meta-analysis
2025
OBJECTIVE: To study and address the diagnostic, management, and classification challenges of unilocular myometrial cystic lesions adjacent to a normal uterine cavity. DESIGN: Describe 23 further cases and undertake a systematic review usin…
other
2025
BACKGROUND: Persistent pelvic pain (PPP) affects 5%-27% of women of reproductive age. The calls for earlier and improved access to surgery to diagnose endometriosis do not address the requirement for symptom management and exclude the 50% o…
other
2024
review
2024
BACKGROUND: A biopsychosocial approach to the understanding of pelvic pain is increasingly acknowledged. However, there is a lack of standardised instruments - or their use - to assess risk factors and their impact on pelvic pain in both cl…
observational
2024
BACKGROUND: High rates of pelvic pain have been reported in trans individuals on testosterone, but the pathophysiology of pain and the potential role of testosterone are unclear. AIMS: The aim of this exploratory study was to determine whe…
qualitative
2024
Missing and dismissing the impact of periods. Outcomes of focus groups of teens with period concerns
BACKGROUND: Despite a high prevalence, menstrual issues are often normalised or trivialised and undermanaged in young people (YP). Uncontrolled dysmenorrhoea and heavy menstrual bleeding have a vastly negative impact on the quality of life …
observational
2024
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Few studies have explored what specific outcome measures contained in assessment tools for period and pelvic pain are most relevant to adolescents. Co-design is a valuable method of ensuring input from those with lived expe…
observational
2023
Purpose: This descriptive study aimed to assess the characteristics of pelvic pain and explore predictive factors for pelvic pain in transgender (trans) individuals using testosterone therapy. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was o…
review
2023
The exposure to adverse childhood experiences has been associated with the subsequent development of several chronic health conditions, including pelvic pain. Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by the growth of endometrial-lik…
observational
2022
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects one in nine Australian women of reproductive age, and is often associated with pain and infertility. However, many women may be asymptomatic, or present with alternative symptoms. AIM: To identify reasons …
other
2021
observational
2020
AIM: To describe the characteristics, management and outcomes of a cohort of young people with dysmenorrhea presenting to a tertiary adolescent gynecology service, managed primarily with medical interventions. METHODS: A retrospective coho…
observational
2019
Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecological symptom in adolescents. Secondary dysmenorrhoea is mostly due to endometriosis. There are no known follow-up studies of dysmenorrhoea into adulthood. Cases of endometriosis often have a long h…
review
2019
With the onset of puberty a range of problems may be encountered by the young girl. Some of these include a range of gynaecological issues relating to delayed onset of puberty, delayed menarche, atypical pubertal changes and the identificat…
observational
2019
BACKGROUND: Clinician and patient factors impact on the management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) with medical, surgical or combined approaches possible, although none have proven superior. AIMS: To understand the characteristics of women of…
observational
2018
Background and aims Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) impacts significantly on the lives of women. Negative coping responses such as pain catastrophizing are thought to be significant in predicting both pain severity and outcome. The combined effec…