Toward an improved assessment of quality of life in endometriosis: evaluation of the Spanish version of the Endometriosis Health Profile 30

Josep Marí‐Alexandre, Marí-Alexandre J, Josep Marí-Alexandre, Javier García-Oms, García-Oms J, Agababyan C, Cristina Agababyan, Rocío Belda-Montesinos, Belda-Montesinos R, Susana Royo-Bolea, S Royo-Bolea, Royo-Bolea S, Varo-Gómez B, Begoña Varo-Gómez, Cristina Díaz-Sierra, Díaz-Sierra C, Eva González-Cantó, Juan Gilabert–Estellés, Juan Gilabert-Estellés
Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020 · vol. 43(3) , pp. 251–257 · doi:10.1080/0167482x.2020.1795827 · PMID:32735156 · W3046689490
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This study validated the Spanish version of the EHP-30 questionnaire and found that endometriosis patients undergoing surgical treatment reported higher pain and powerlessness than those receiving conservative management.

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PURPOSE: Our main objective is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the EHP-30 questionnaire. The secondary aim is to evaluate the differences in the scores of the core EHP-30 scales between patients with either surgical treatment or conservative management of endometriosis. METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted into a tertiary hospital endometriosis reference unit. All patients (n = 223) pre-surgically completed the core EHP-30 questionnaire, the EQ-5D questionnaire (n = 184) and a visual analogue scale (n = 210) for endometriosis-related pain. Demographical and clinical data were recorded. RESULTS: Psychometric characteristics of the Spanish core EHP-30 questionnaire were investigated. Statistical analyses confirmed the five-structure factor, a high degree of internal consistency and of item-total correlation for all the assessed items. Convergent validity between EQ-5D and EHP-30 items and between VAS and EHP-30 subscale pain was observed. Additionally, patients with surgical management rendered significantly higher scores in the core EHP-30 subscales "pain" and "control and powerlessness". CONCLUSIONS: We present the reliability, validity and acceptability of the Spanish core EHP-30 questionnaire, providing clinicians and researchers with an improved tool to assess the endometriosis-related quality of life. Additionally, we show that patients subsidiaries of surgical treatment for endometriosis present with higher pain and powerlessness than those with conservative management.

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EHP-30 VAS-pain

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Quality of Life Quality of Life Cross-Sectional Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Female Female Humans Humans Psychometrics Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires Surveys and Questionnaires

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