Steven Simoens

STUDY QUESTION: To what extent are outcome measures in endometriosis-related quality of life studies influenced by the setting in which patient recruitment is performed? SUMMARY ANSWER: Quality of life outcomes in women with endometriosis a…

STUDY QUESTION: To what extent do the management of endometriosis and the symptoms that remain after treatment affect the quality of life in women with the disease? SUMMARY ANSWER: Many women with endometriosis had impaired quality of life …

Endometriosis is a complex disease that affects a large number of women of reproductive age and imposes a significant burden on patients and society. The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnosis, comorbidities, healthcare resource use, t…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to calculate costs and health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis-associated symptoms treated in referral centres. METHODS: A prospective, multi-centre, questionnaire-based survey measured costs …

This chapter provides an economic perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis. Endometriosis imposes a substantial economic burden on society. This burden originates from the time delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosi…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to quantify the non-health-care costs of endometriosis in a sample of Belgian patients over a 30-month period. METHODS: A longitudinal study enrolled patients who underwent surgical treatment for endometriosis in…

Introduction: Endometriosis (the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus) affects 10% of women of reproductive age and is associated with dysmenorrhoea, pain at ovulation, dyspareunia, abnormal bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, …

AIMS: The EndoCost study aims to calculate the costs of endometriosis from a societal perspective. METHODS: This multicentre, prevalence-based cost-of-illness analysis aggregates data on endometriosis costs and quality of life from a prospe…

This article aims to provide a systematic review of estimates and methodology of studies quantifying the costs of endometriosis. Included studies were cost-of-illness analyses quantifying the economic impact of endometriosis and cost analys…