Joukje M Oosterman
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· 10 papers in corpus
· active 2017-2026
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- article 4
- other 3
- preprint 2
- rct 1
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- endometriosis 10
- chronic_pelvic_pain 2
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rct
2026
INTRODUCTION: Treatment for women with endometriosis is only partially or temporarily effective. Moreover, medical hormonal treatment is associated with debilitating side effects and interferes with fertility, while surgery has a relatively…
preprint
2025
Abstract Research Question: Endometriosis-related chronic pain leads to impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Endometriosis surgery can improve chronic pain and HRQoL, but not to the same level as healthy women. Cognitive beh…
preprint
2025
article
2025
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis causes severe and chronic pain leading to impaired Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). While endometriosis surgery does improve pain intensity, psychological factors have an important role in pain perception.…
article
2021
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
Research questionWould adding cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to the treatment of endometriosis improve the quality of life of patients suffering from endometriosis-associated pain? The aim of this study was to identify if patients beli…
other
2019
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…
other
2018
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
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
2017
ObjectiveTo explore how pain intensity and pain cognition are related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with endometriosis.DesignCross-sectional questionnaire-based survey.SettingMultidisciplinary referral center.Patient(s)…