ObjectiveThis study was designed to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a newly developed, health-related quality-of-life measure.Study designA total of 137 women (122 from a Phase III clinical trial and 15 from a priv…
Pelvic pain mapping during laparoscopy performed under conscious sedation can provide useful information about visceral and somatic sources of chronic pelvic pain. Diagnostic superior hypogastric plexus block can be performed under direct l…
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Correspondence: John F. Steege, M.D., Chief, Division of Gynecology, Department OB/GYN CB: 7570, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in U.S. women aged 18-50 years, and to examine its association with health-related quality of life, work productivity, and health care utilization. METHODS: In April and May 1994…
An assessment battery including standardized measures of behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with other chronic pain conditions was administered to 102 women scheduled for laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons who were blinded to the pa…