Journal of advanced nursing

AIMS: To explore the influence of endometriosis on an individual's self-concept and the potential applicability of self-compassion in addressing alterations to self-concept. DESIGN: Qualitative deductive template analysis study. METHODS: …

AIM: The study aimed to analyse selected clinical data affecting the quality of life of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHOD: The study was conducted in 2020-2022 among 425 women with endometriosis receiving h…

AIM: To explore the experiences of sexual health and intimate relationships in women with lipedema. DESIGN: A qualitative interview study. METHODS: Sixteen women with lipedema recruited from a national lipedema association group in Sweden…

AIM: To critically appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence about patients' experiences of healthcare professionals' competence in digital counselling in healthcare settings. DESIGN: A qualitative systematic review. METHODS: The revie…

AIMS: To understand the experience of loss in Australian women with endometriosis. DESIGN: A total of 532 participants completed an online survey containing three open-ended questions relating to pelvic pain and activity loss due to endome…

AIMS: This protocol describes a study aiming to: (1) describe pathways and experiences of women's symptom recognition, appraisal and management of endometriosis; and (2) identify differences in pathways and experiences among a socioeconomic…

AIMS: To understand the experiences of adolescents and young adults with primary dysmenorrhoea through the lens of structured frameworks extant in contemporary pain literature. DESIGN: Descriptive qualitative study. METHODS: Thirty-nine a…

AIM: To review systematically and integrate the findings of qualitative research to increase our understanding of patients' experiences of chronic pelvic pain. BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain is a prevalent pain condition with a high disea…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic disease affecting between 5% and 15% of women of reproductive age. Diagnosis can be delayed for many years, despite the existence of severe pain, and women often find that their experiences are not tak…

AIM: To review the literature on studies of sexuality after hysterectomy and to identify barriers to nursing assessment of this aspect of human functioning. METHODS: Articles published between 1970 and 2002 on female sexuality, hysterectom…

FOCUS: Critical approaches are increasingly being used to inform theory and research within the discipline of nursing. In this paper we discuss the work of feminist writers, particularly those located within the postmodern, and Michel Fouca…

This paper reports a qualitative study of women's perceptions and experience of menorrhagia. Having obtained ethics committee approval, and informed written consent, interviews were conducted with 30 women who reported that they were suffer…