Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology

PURPOSE: Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrial-like cells proliferate outside the uterus causing pain and disability. Limited treatments are available but symptom management is essential for social and economic participatio…

INTRODUCTION: Bowel endometriosis can cause debilitating symptoms. Surgical colorectal resection is often required for symptomatic relief. Aim of our study was to evaluate quality of life over a one-year follow-up period in patients submitt…

Purpose: Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent, inflammatory, painful condition affecting 1 in 10 women during their reproductive years. The symptoms of endometriosis-dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, infertility-negatively impact the quality of li…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease with a severe impact on quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess mental health status in a group of women with endometriosis, investigating their clinical history, pain sympt…

Introduction: Vulvodynia and chronic pelvic pain are common but underdiagnosed chronic gynecologic pain syndromes. Insufficient knowledge regarding prevalence, typical pain patterns and associated factors contribute to delayed diagnosis. Th…

Purpose: Caring for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is challenging. There have been few studies on what factors patients consider to be important when being treated for their pelvic pain. This study sought to identify the key factors o…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and physical and emotional neglect suffered by women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) during childhood and whether these occurrences are associated with symptoms o…

INTRODUCTION: To examine the symptomatic burden of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in women in the United States (US). METHODS: A cross sectional web-based survey study was conducted among women using survey panels. …

This edition of JPOG focusses on gynaecology. We start with an overview of the burden of disease related to endometriosis in the United States, before focussing on the neglected vulva and those tro...

"Comment on: "Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and mental health: pelvic pain makes the difference"." Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 38(1), pp. 81–82

The aim of this work is to propose a brief comment about the impact of endometriosis on quality of life and psychological well-being of women affected.

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) a common infection in women that is associated with significant morbidity and is a major cause of infertility. A clear temporal causal relationship between PID and psychiatric disorders has not been well es…

INTRODUCTION: No prior study of endometriosis has investigated the psychological impact of having asymptomatic endometriosis versus endometriosis with pelvic pain in a systematic way. This study aimed at examining the impact of endometriosi…

To date there is no international guideline on chronic pelvic pain available that focuses on medical, psychosomatic and psychological diagnostics and treatment of this complicated disease pattern. In this paper, a European working group, wh…

OBJECTIVES: To develop and test a new instrument (EFESO Questionnaire) to measure satisfaction with controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) treatment. METHODS: Literature review and focus groups with clinical experts provided content for the …

There is as yet no effective treatment for endometriosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of submitting women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain to a therapeutic protocol involving physical and psycholo…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a highly prevalent clinical condition and is recognized as a public health problem. Although the number of qualitative studies related to the topic is increasing, it is essential that this knowledge be presented…

OBJECTIVES: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a frequent gynecological complaint. The pathophysiology of CPP is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of depressive symptoms is associated with hypothala…

OBJECTIVE: A case series is presented to illustrate the dilemma in management of women with Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) additional to a tubal sterilization. METHODS: Between January 1999 and June 2007, five women consulted the Department of …

Endometriosis diagnosis and treatment planning are guided primarily by retrospective pain recall, despite the facts that (1) there is only a tenuous relationship between pain reports and physical pathology, and (2) the accuracy of pain reca…

Sixty-five women (aged 32 - 54 yrs) were assessed at 2 months before to 8 months after total abdominal hysterectomy on four separate occasions. Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS), the Buss-Durkee Hosti…

Previous research suggests that women attending gynaecology clinics experience high rates of psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity. Although the reasons for this are poorly understood, certain conditions appear to cause women par…

OBJECTIVE: to explore and describe the impact of endometriosis upon quality of life. SETTING: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford. DESIGN: qualitative study. SAMPLE: twenty-four women with a laparoscop…

Before and after hysterectomy, 60 women completed self-report questionnaires. Measures of personality (NEO-Five Factor Inventory, NEO-FFI), coping (Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, CISS), and procedure appraisal were completed pre…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a frequent and often unexplained gynecological complaint. We attempted to evaluate stress history, psychological features and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function in a group of patients suffering f…