QS Endo – Eine Studie zur Versorgungsqualität von Endometriosepatientinnen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
The QS Endo study is the first to assess the quality of care for endometriosis patients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland using a three-stage study concept.
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The paper describes QS Endo, a three-phase study designed to assess care quality for endometriosis patients in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). In phase 1, 296 participating clinics used a questionnaire to evaluate the perceived importance of key symptoms and recommended diagnostic steps, with dysmenorrhea rated as very important by 77% and several examinations (e.g., speculum exam, bimanual palpation, transvaginal ultrasound) considered desirable or essential by nearly all centers, while digital rectal examination and kidney sonography were more often rated neutral or less important by a minority. In phase 2, all level II/III endometriosis centers documented treatment modalities using an online questionnaire, with 443 patients’ anamnesis nearly always including dysmenorrhea (97.4%) and speculum use (>99%), but kidney sonography and rectal palpation occurring in about half. The paper explicitly frames this as a first broad picture of care quality and notes that a third phase (QSEndo Study) is planned to collect data across all DACH clinics using the pilot-validated questionnaire; This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it evaluates diagnostic and treatment care quality for endometriosis patients in the DACH region via the QS Endo study.
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