Annemiek Nap

ORCID: 0000-0002-2716-8351 · 67 papers in corpus · active 2002-2026

Study types

  • article 49
  • other 11
  • review 5
  • letter 1
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 62
  • infertility 6
  • dysmenorrhea 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • dyspareunia 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article 2022

Endometriosis is a common and complex disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat.1, 2 Centralization of care in expertise centers can contribute to a multidisciplinary approach to both diagnosing and treating endometriosis. However, un…

article 2022
Health science reports ·doi:10.1002/hsr2.447

Endometriosis is a common and complex disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat.1, 2 Centralization of care in expertise centers can contribute to a multidisciplinary approach to both diagnosing and treating endometriosis. However, un…

other 2022
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoac009

STUDY QUESTION: How should endometriosis be diagnosed and managed based on the best available evidence from published literature? SUMMARY ANSWER: The current guideline provides 109 recommendations on diagnosis, treatments for pain and infe…

article 2022
·doi:10.1093/humrep/deac106.072

Abstract In 2005, under the auspices of ESHRE, a group of international experts evaluated the existing best evidence and published the first European guideline on the management of endometriosis. This highly successful project was the first…

article 2022
·doi:10.3843/glowm.417673
review 2022
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms23105539

Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease defined by the growth of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus. The disease is present in approximately 5-10% of women of reproductive age and causes pelvic pain and infertility. The pathophysi…

article 2021
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054896

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis can cause chronic pain and subfertility thereby negatively affecting quality of life (QoL). Surgical removal of endometriosis lesions leads to improved health-related QoL, although not to the level of QoL of heal…

article 2021
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.07.011

RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the current diet of women with endometriosis, in terms of adherence to dietary guidelines and use of diets, and what are the perceived effects of dietary modifications? DESIGN: In this online explorative observati…

article 2021
·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab126.007

Abstract Study question How do infertility patients, endometriosis patients and health care providers rate the virtual care that was provided during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic? Summary answer Patients and health care provid…

article 2021
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.01.010
article 2021
Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany) ·doi:10.1515/dx-2021-0043

OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis is characterized by a long interval between onset of symptoms and diagnosis. Detailed information about the patients' perspective on the diagnostic delay of endometriosis is scarce. The aim of this study was to ide…

article 2021
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.06.001

RESEARCH QUESTION: How do infertility patients, endometriosis patients and health-care providers rate virtual care as an alternative to physical consultations during the first lockdown of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in …

article 2019
Laboratory animals ·doi:10.1177/0023677219856915

Chronic pain and subfertility are the main symptoms of concern in women with endometriosis. In order to find new therapeutic options to suppress the pain, translational animal models are indispensable. We have developed a new automated, exp…

other 2019
The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2019.05.011

Using the EEG recordings of patients with endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain, we have examined the effective connectivity within the cortical pain-related network during rest and during pain-related imagery. During rest, an altered c…

article 2019
·doi:10.1093/humrep/dez206

STUDY QUESTION: Does pain or volume of used contrast medium impact the effectiveness of oil-based contrast during hysterosalpingography (HSG)? SUMMARY ANSWER: In women who report moderate to severe pain during HSG, the use of oil-based cont…

other 2018
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.06.040

OBJECTIVE: To investigate alterations in tactile, pain thresholds and pain tolerance thresholds in patients with endometriosis using a multimodality approach. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Multidisciplinary referral center. PAT…

other 2018
Psychoneuroendocrinology ·doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.01.001

Endometriosis is a chronic estrogen-dependent disease in which pelvic pain is the dominant symptom. The negative effects of endometriosis on the life of women with this disease can be a cause of stress. Stress levels can be measured in diff…

article 2018
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.128
article 2017
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.016
preprint 2016
·doi:10.26226/morressier.573c1512d462b80296c985ca
article 2016
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000441911

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endometriosis has a long diagnostic delay that is influenced by varying socio-economic and healthcare factors. In the Dutch situation, these factors are not yet identified. The aim of this study is to determine the length o…

article 2016
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.02.003
article 2016
article 2015
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000368753

UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND/AIM STUDY QUESTION: Endometriosis is associated with a significant reduction in the quality of life and higher depression and anxiety rates. The Dutch Endometriosis Society (ES) was founded to increase the recognition…

article 2014
·doi:10.1007/s11701-014-0474-z