Eliut Rivera-Segarra

ORCID: 0000-0001-8643-9273 · 2 papers in corpus · active 2020-2022

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • mesh:D004715 1
article 2022
Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
PLOS global public health ·doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0001329

Endometriosis is a complex disease affecting approximately 5-10% individuals worldwide. Prevalence rates in Latin-America and the Caribbean are largely unknown, with published data only from Puerto Rico and Chile. Pain associated with endom…

article 2020
“Es que tú eres una changa”: stigma experiences among Latina women living with endometriosis
Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1080/0167482x.2020.1822807

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecologic disease affecting 5-10% of women of reproductive age of all ethnicities. Symptoms of this painful condition impact the physical, mental health, and quality of life of patient…