Rizwana Roomaney

Endometriosis is a chronic and painful disease that has a detrimental effect on people’s quality of life. Endometriosis is known as a lonely disease. Assigned female at birth transgender and non-binary people with endometriosis’ narratives …

INTRODUCTION: This study developed and assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory outcomes of a six-session cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-based intervention for endometriosis-related persistent fatigue, called Managing F…

There is a lack of research on gender diverse people's experiences with endometriosis. We explored the experience of 11 transgender and non-binary people with endometriosis using phenomenology. We collected data through multiple interviews …

Chronic fatigue is a distressing symptom for endometriosis patients but is not widely investigated in the literature. Our aim was to explore patients’ lived experiences of chronic fatigue and how they make meaning of it. We analysed a subse…

Background and Purpose: We aimed to determine the reliability and validity of the Stellenbosch Endometriosis Quality of Life (SEQOL) among patients with endometriosis in the United Kingdom. Methods: We used a cross-sectional research design…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is described as a gynecological disease that can severely impact on people's quality of life. Much of endometriosis research and literature is focused on cis women, although gender diverse people and cis men have b…

A recent study found high levels (43%) of moderate to severe symptoms of depression among patients diagnosed with endometriosis in South Africa (SA) and identified several psychosocial predictors of these symptoms of depression. However, th…

Fatigue is a common, secondary symptom of endometriosis that has not been qualitatively explored. We conducted individual, face-to-face interviews with 25 women in South Africa about their experiences of endometriosis-related fatigue. Parti…

We examined biopsychosocial predictors of symptoms of depression in women with endometriosis. The sample consisted of 202 women with endometriosis who completed a battery of measures including a demographic questionnaire, Beck Depression In…

In this paper, we describe the process of construction and validation of a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for patients with endometriosis. The items in the measure were initially constructed, edited and reduced using a consu…

The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure for patients with endometriosis.The study employed an exploratory, sequential mixed methods research design, consisting of a qualitativ…

This study examined health-related quality of life among a sample of South African women diagnosed with endometriosis. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 participants in South Africa. Participants discussed the ways in which e…

This study explored how South African patients attending public health facilities reported coping with endometriosis. A total of 16 women with endometriosis were interviewed, and we explored how participants coped with endometriosis. All in…