Journal of evaluation in clinical practice

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to adapt the 6-Item Self-Efficacy Scale for Chronic Disease Management (SEMDC-6S) to women with endometriosis in the Turkish population and to evaluate its validity and reliability. METHODS: This methodological …

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the anxieties and coping methods of women diagnosed with endometriosis. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted using a phenomenological approach. Sixteen women diagnosed with endometriosis we…

BACKGROUND: A large number of illnesses that lack physical visibility are characterised by troubled clinical encounters. Endometriosis is one such condition with very real and often debilitating symptoms that remain invisible to the clinici…

RATIONALE: Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is prevalent and a complex multifactorial condition. The incidence is rising. CPPS patients may benefit from multidisciplinary care in a structured care pathway. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of…

RATIONALE: Many types of pain assessment are available to researchers carrying out clinical trials in chronic pelvic pain (CPP), ranging from a single-item scale to multidimensional inventories. AIM: Our objective was to investigate which …

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To analyse anthropometric parameters, clinical pain and experimental pain in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHODS: Ninety-one women with a clinical diagnosis of CPP, mean age of 40.03 ± 9.97 years, …

OBJECTIVES: In the absence of a gold-standard tool to measure chronic pelvic pain (CPP), most studies on the prevalence of CPP use the NIH-chronic prostatitis symptom index (CPSI) questionnaire. However, its suitability and relevance for us…

RATIONALE: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common and complex disease whose cause is often clinically inexplicable, with diagnosis and treatment being more difficult. From a clinical viewpoint, CPP is defined as non-cyclic, non-menstrual pai…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Musculoskeletal system has been found to be involved in genesis and perpetuation of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and has strong evidences that up to 80% of women with CPP present dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system. …