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RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the current time to diagnosis among patients with endometriosis in the Netherlands, and what factors influence this time? DESIGN: A retrospective questionnaire study was conducted in 11 hospitals in the Netherlan…

BACKGROUND: Due to a heterogeneity of symptoms, a lack of an adequate diagnostic test, and a lack of awareness, diagnostic delay in endometriosis in primary care on average amounts to 35 months. AIM: To determine which interventions are mo…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis can cause chronic pain and subfertility thereby negatively affecting quality of life (QoL). Surgical removal of endometriosis lesions leads to improved health-related QoL, although not to the level of QoL of heal…

Research questionWould adding cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to the treatment of endometriosis improve the quality of life of patients suffering from endometriosis-associated pain? The aim of this study was to identify if patients beli…

Study questionWhat is the recommended management for women and transgender men with regards to fertility preservation (FP), based on the best available evidence in the literature?Summary answerThe ESHRE Guideline on Female Fertility Preserv…

IntroductionInfertility is a worldwide problem and about 10%-15% of all couples will be affected by the inability to have children. In approximately 50% of infertile couples, a male factor is involved. Most of the male infertile cases are c…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate alterations in tactile, pain thresholds and pain tolerance thresholds in patients with endometriosis using a multimodality approach. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Multidisciplinary referral center. PAT…

Endometriosis is a chronic estrogen-dependent disease in which pelvic pain is the dominant symptom. The negative effects of endometriosis on the life of women with this disease can be a cause of stress. Stress levels can be measured in diff…