Donna A Kreher

OBJECTIVE: Female chronic pelvic pain (CPP) has multiple pain generators and significant psychosocial sequalae. Biopsychosocial-based phenotyping could help identify clinical heterogeneity that may inform tailored patient treatment. This st…

Background: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is common and costly, and little is known about patient characteristics predicting healthcare utilization within this population. The present study examined the role of pain acceptance and pain…

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is both common and disabling, and access to interdisciplinary care is limited. Patient education programs may represent a pragmatic approach to delivering interdisciplinary care, but to date th…

Abstract Background Endometriosis is associated with substantial adverse health and psychosocial consequences. However, the prevalence of endometriosis across different racial and ethnic groups in the US has not been established and to what…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to synthesize the epidemiological findings for the associations between dysmenorrhea, including primary dysmenorrhea and endometriosis-associated dysmenorrhea and any chronic pain conditions, includ…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of occult microscopic endometriosis in patients with chronic pelvic pain and negative laparoscopy. METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study included women who underwent laparoscopic evaluation fo…