Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women in New Zealand: Comparative Well-Being, Comorbidity, and Impact on Work and Other Activities

In: Health Care for Women International · 2006 · vol. 27(7) , pp. 585–599 · doi:10.1080/07399330600803725 · PMID:16844672 · W2098494195
article OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 54 in-corpus citations
View on OpenAlex View on PubMed View at publisher
AI-generated summary by gemini-2.5-flash-lite, 2026-06-07

This New Zealand study found that chronic pelvic pain significantly negatively impacts women's well-being, increases comorbidity, disturbs sleep, and restricts activities.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

This article reports the findings of a population-based study in New Zealand that investigated comparative well-being, comorbidity, and the impact of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) on activities. Chronic pelvic pain was defined as lower abdominal pain that is associated with neither the menstrual cycle nor sexual activity. A postal questionnaire was administered to a random sample resulting in a study group of 1,160. The negative impact of CPP on women's general well-being is significant. They were more likely than women without CPP to have other long-standing illnesses, other unspecified conditions involving pain or fatigue, and sleep patterns were more seriously disturbed. Pain restricted their activities. Comparisons with the limited data available from other studies are made.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

chronic_pelvic_pain

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 (18)

Cited by (48)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-08-24T06:27:14.670421+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK