Availability of Region-Specific Endometriosis Care Guidance: A Comprehensive Global Scoping Review

Guidance on standards of care, particularly incorporating region-specific needs, is foundational to high-quality healthcare. The availability of region-specific guidance on endometriosis care has not been documented, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A scoping review of endometriosis care guidance by World Health Organization–defined member states (heretofore “countries”) was conducted. Authors aimed to identify the highest organizational level of guidance by country, with nine distinct sources defined ranging from national society and government documents to news and social media postings. A systematic, peer-reviewed, search of Embase, MEDLINE, Global Health, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Global Index Medicus databases from inception to October 28, 2022 (updated July 16, 2024) was performed. A grey literature search on Google and Google Scholar of all 194 countries (without language restriction) was completed on March 8, 2024