Design and methodology of the 'endometriosis and pelvic floor dysfunction' (EndoPFD) multicenter cross-sectional study
article
OA: diamond
CC0
AI-generated summary
The EndoPFD study protocol was designed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of pelvic floor dysfunction in women with endometriosis using both subjective questionnaires and objective clinical evaluations.
One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and the characteristics of pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) in women with endometriosis.
METHODS: This is a methodological paper that describes the 'Endometriosis and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction' (EndoPFD) multicenter study protocol. It involves three sites: the University Hospital of Pisa, the San Raffaele Hospital of Milan and the Vanvitelli University Hospital of Naples. Women are recruited through web links and are asked whether they want to participate to the clinical evaluation or only to the web survey. The web survey gathers personal history, endometriosis history and symptoms, and performs a subjective evaluation of PFD through questionnaires: Urinary Distress Inventory 6, Colorectal-Anal Distress Inventory 8, Wexner Scale for Fecal Incontinence, Wexner Constipation Scoring System, and Female Sexual Function Index. Those interested in the clinical evaluation will add to the questionnaires the following exams: gynecological and proctological exam, pelvic ultrasound, urodynamic test, and anorectal manometry.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Recruitment for the web survey was completed. A total of 1,149 women signed the electronic consent, 329 were excluded due to inclusion/exclusion criteria; hence, 525 completed all the questionnaires (response rate of 64.02%). Recruitment for the clinical evaluation is ongoing.
DISCUSSION: This study protocol offers the possibility to define the prevalence of PFD in endometriosis patients with a subjective and an objective assessment of signs and symptoms. This may pave the way for changing the approach to patients with endometriosis. Moreover, it demonstrates the validity of the method used (online survey and recruitment) to reach a high number of patients.
My notes (saved in your browser only)
Condition tags
MeSH descriptors
Citation neighborhood
Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.
References (34)
- Association between endometriosis and lower urinary tract symptoms via openalex
- Bowel endometriosis: Colorectal surgeon’s perspective in a multidisciplinary surgical team via openalex
- Deep Dyspareunia in Endometriosis: A Proposed Framework Based on Pain Mechanisms and Genito-Pelvic Pain Penetration Disorder via openalex
- Deep endometriosis: definition, diagnosis, and treatment via openalex
- Endometriosis: pathogenesis and treatment via openalex
- Evaluation of urinary dysfunction by urodynamic tests, electromyography and quality of life questionnaire before and after surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis via openalex
- Expert opinion on the use of transvaginal sonography for presurgical staging and classification of endometriosis via openalex
- Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis of Endometriosis via openalex
- Neuroproliferative dyspareunia in endometriosis and vestibulodynia via openalex
- Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis via openalex
- Pelvic floor muscle assessment on three‐ and four‐dimensional transperineal ultrasound in women with ovarian endometriosis with or without retroperitoneal infiltration: a step towards complete functional assessment via openalex
- Pelvic organ function before and after laparoscopic bowel resection for rectosigmoid endometriosis: a prospective, observational study via openalex
- Systematic approach to sonographic evaluation of the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis, including terms, definitions and measurements: a consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group via openalex
- The Burden of Endometriosis on Women’s Lifespan: A Narrative Overview on Quality of Life and Psychosocial Wellbeing via openalex
- The Clinical Anatomy of Endometriosis: A Review via openalex
- World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis via openalex
- W4376871804 via openalex
- W1923091028 via openalex
- W4389752401 via openalex
- W1933376411 via openalex
- W1980931331 via openalex
- W2033208945 via openalex
- W2036834801 via openalex
- W2098718880 via openalex
- W2117300470 via openalex
- W2120337742 via openalex
- W2178258459 via openalex
- W2559758118 via openalex
- W2944434778 via openalex
- W2986930155 via openalex
- W3170825056 via openalex
- W3198115891 via openalex
- W4214754424 via openalex
- W4229443240 via openalex
Cited by (1)
Source provenance
- europepmc
- last seen: 2026-09-06T09:34:12.023084+00:00
- openalex
- last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
- pubmed
- last seen: 2026-09-06T06:13:43.641643+00:00
License: CC0
· commercial use OK