Evaluation of quality of life in fertile Turkish women with severe endometriosis

Şadıman Kıykaç Altınbaş, S Kiykac Altinbas, Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekın, Y Bayoglu Tekin, Bayoglu Tekin Y, Berna Dilbaz, B Dilbaz, Dilbaz B, S Dilbaz, Serdar Dilbaz, Dilbaz S
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 2014 · vol. 35(1) , pp. 49–52 · doi:10.3109/01443615.2014.930110 · PMID:24960476 · W2165034927
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This study found that among Turkish women with severe endometriosis, dysmenorrhea severity negatively correlated with physical, social, and environmental quality of life, while chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia did not show such correlations.

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Abstract

We assessed the impact of pain, dysmenorrhoea and dyspareunia on the quality of life among Turkish fertile women with severe endometriosis. A total of 33 patients with histopathologically diagnosed severe endometriosis (Stage IV, revised criteria of the American Fertility Society (rAFS score) were enrolled into the study. Patients reported chronic pelvic pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS) and severity of dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia and pelvic tenderness using the verbal rating scale (VRS). Quality of life (physical, psychological, social, environmental domains) was evaluated using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). There were no correlations between quality of life and VRS and VAS scores of chronic pelvic pain in patients with dyspareunia (p > 0.05). VRS in patients with dysmenorrhoea negatively correlated with physical, social and environmental dimensions of quality of life (r = -0.382, r = -0.221, r = -0.373 and p = 0.028, p = 0.013, p = 0.033, respectively). Although the severity of dysmenorrhoea seems to be related with lower quality of life, chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia due to endometriosis may not have any deleterious effects on the quality of life.

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VAS-pain

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dysmenorrheadyspareuniaendometriosischronic_pelvic_pain

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Chronic Pain Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Adult Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Cross-Sectional Studies Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Pelvic Pain Pelvic Pain Prospective Studies

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