Abstract STUDY QUESTION What are the patient-specific determinants associated with patient-centered endometriosis care as measured by the ENDOCARE questionnaire (ECQ)? SUMMARY ANSWER ‘Overall grade for endometriosis care’, ‘educational leve…
STUDY QUESTION: What is the performance of the patient-centredness of endometriosis care in a secondary and a tertiary care setting and how can it be improved? SUMMARY ANSWER: Overall, patient-centredness was comparable in the two endometri…
The patient-centeredness of care is important for health care quality, especially because it was recently associated with health-related quality of life, which is increasingly being recognized as the ultimate outcome parameter of health car…
STUDY QUESTION: What reproductive choices do women make after they have cryopreserved oocytes for medical reasons? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women who had cryopreserved oocytes for medical reasons and tried to become pregnant, either attempted natur…
STUDY QUESTION: How patient-centered are two included specialized endometriosis clinics relative to each other and how can they improve the patient-centeredness of their care? SUMMARY ANSWER: The validated ENDOCARE questionnaire (ECQ) relia…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is prevalent and women need high-quality care, which should be patient-centered. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable patient-centeredness questionnaire, based on a defined concept of patient-centered e…