Chronic pelvic pain: causes, mechanisms and effects

Julia Cambitzi
In: Nursing Standard · 2011 · vol. 25(20) , pp. 35–38 · doi:10.7748/ns2011.01.25.20.35.c8274 · PMID:21329169 · W2150448804
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This review details the causes, mechanisms, and biopsychosocial treatment effects of chronic pelvic pain, focusing on patient validation and multidisciplinary interventions to improve quality of life.

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This article for healthcare professionals reviews causes, mechanisms, and effects of chronic pelvic pain, presenting a biopsychosocial perspective and describing multidisciplinary management approaches. It emphasizes actively listening to patients to validate pain experiences and provide information about the condition, and it outlines the use of pain management psychology and physiotherapy alongside medical interventions and medications. The key limitation is that it is an overview/summary article rather than an original study with specific analytic methods or patient-level outcome data. This paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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This article outlines the causes, mechanisms and effects of chronic pelvic pain. It provides a basic overview of the biopsychosocial treatment options delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The focus is on actively listening to patients to validate their pain experience and provide information on their condition. A combination of pain management psychology and pain management physiotherapy, medical interventions and medication are used to improve the quality of life of patients with this distressing condition.
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Intended for healthcare professionals This article outlines the causes, mechanisms and effects of chronic pelvic pain. It provides a basic overview of the biopsychosocial treatment options delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The focus is on actively listening to patients to validate their pain experience and provide information on their condition. A combination of pain management psychology and pain management physiotherapy, medical interventions and medication are used to improve the quality of life of patients with this distressing condition. Nursing Standard. 25, 20, 35-38. doi: 10.7748/ns2011.01.25.20.35.c8274 Correspondence Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review or RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits: - Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals - RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time - NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress - Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests - A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you. Find out more

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