Real-world assessment of the patient-centredness of endometriosis care: European countries benchmarked by patients

Eaf D, Dancet Eaf, Eline Dancet, L A, Lieveke Ameye, Ameye L, Sermeus W, W S, Walter Sermeus, M Welkenhuysen, M W, Welkenhuysen M, Zondervan Kt, Kt Z, Cicco C, De Cicco C, V M, Velja Mijatovic, Mijatovic V, A M F Schreurs, Schreurs A, A S, Timmerman D, D T, D. Timmerman, Tm D, D'Hooghe TM, TM D'Hooghe
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology · 2023 · vol. 87 , pp. 102311 · doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2022.102311 · PMID:36754664 · W4313627881
review OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 3 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 study benchmarks the patient-centeredness of endometriosis care across European countries based on patient experiences and perspectives.

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

Abstract

European patients cross the borders of their countries to receive more patient-centred healthcare. Benchmarking across European countries for the patient-centredness of endometriosis care had yet to be performed. This study proved the factorial structure and reliability of translation of the ENDOCARE questionnaire in nine different languages. Moreover, the benchmark potential of the ENDOCARE questionnaire was shown by the significant between-country variance for case-mix-adjusted overall and dimensional patient-centredness scores, explaining 3-9% of the total variance in patient-centredness assessed across 10 European countries. Compared with the least patient-centred country, endometriosis care was more patient-centred in Denmark, Italy and Belgium. 'Reaching a diagnosis quickly' and 'physicians demarcating the endometriosis complexity level which they can treat' were consistently rated of more-than-average importance and were experienced negatively by more than half of the European sample. National and European policymakers and specialized clinics are prompted to monitor their patient-centredness and set up improvement projects.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking Benchmarking

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 (45)

Cited by (3)

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-08-28T06:11:01.063540+00:00
openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
pubmed
last seen: 2026-08-28T06:10:19.804262+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-08-28T06:28:33.284919+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK