Amy D DiVasta

No ORCID on file · 47 papers in corpus · active 2006-2026

Study types

  • article 39
  • other 5
  • review 2
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 47
  • mesh:D004715 22
  • mesh:D017699 7
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 5
  • dyspareunia 3
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 3
  • mesh:D004412 3
  • mesh:D004414 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
article 2026
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2026.01.138
article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2025.01.027
article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2025.01.015
other 2025
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2024.10.005

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the 1-year continuation rate of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) in adolescents with endometriosis, and the frequency at which additional systemic hormonal treatment (HT) is utilized. …

article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2024.01.110
article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2024.01.147
article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2024.01.104
article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2024.01.105
article 2024
Frontiers in reproductive health ·doi:10.3389/frph.2023.1306380

Introduction Over four million women in the US alone have been diagnosed with endometriosis. For those living with this disease, surgery and hormonal treatment reduce associated pelvic pain in some, while others continue to experience life …

article 2024
Maturitas ·doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2024.107969
other 2024
Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003001

Abdominal pain is a common symptom of several debilitating conditions (eg, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and endometriosis) and affects individuals throughout their lifespan. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) refere…

article 2024
Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003218

ABSTRACT: Chronic pelvic pain is heterogeneous with potentially clinically informative subgroups. We aimed to identify subgroups of pelvic pain based on symptom patterns and investigate their associations with inflammatory and chronic pain-…

article 2023
·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2023.01.093
article 2023
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2023.05.001
article 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.01.003

OBJECTIVE: To determine if women with endometriosis experience lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) more often than those without. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis at enrollment in a longitudinal cohort. SETTING: Enrollment at 2 academic ho…

other 2022
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0269858

Endometriosis affects reproductive-aged females and varies considerably in terms of symptom presentation, morphologic features, and treatment response. Most studies investigating symptom recurrence after an endometriosis-related surgery hav…

article 2022
Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002747

ABSTRACT: We described trends in pelvic pain characteristics over 2 years of follow-up among adolescents and adults with and without endometriosis participating in the longitudinal observational cohort of the Women's Health Study: From Adol…

article 2021
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/aji.13404

PROBLEM: Associations between immune dysfunction conditions (eg, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis) and endometriosis have been observed in adult women, but not assessed among a younger population. We investigated the associ…

article 2021
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.07.271
article 2021
F&S reports ·doi:10.1016/j.xfre.2021.07.003

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the efficacy and safety of a novel nonhormonal therapeutic agent, cabergoline, compared with that of the standard clinical therapy, norethindrone acetate (NETA), for the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain in y…

other 2021
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2020.03.014

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Gastroenterologic symptoms often are reported by adults with endometriosis, leading to unnecessary diagnostic tests or complicated treatment. We investigated associations between endometriosis and irritable bowel syndrome…

article 2020
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists ·doi:10.1097/pgp.0000000000000743

Endometriosis is generally histopathologically defined as the presence of at least 2 of the following: endometrial stroma, Müllerian epithelium, and/or hemosiderin-laden macrophages (HLM). Despite clinically evident endometriotic lesions, b…

article 2020
·doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000665184.36640.b3

INTRODUCTION: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as frequency, urgency, nocturia, and dysuria significantly affect women of all ages. We hypothesize LUTS are more commonly experienced by women with endometriosis than without. METHODS: We c…

article 2020
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.07.014
article 2020
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine ·doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.02.024