Health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis: An Attachment-Diathesis Model of Chronic Pain perspective

İrem Berna Güvenç, Özlem Bozo
Health care for women international · 2023 · vol. 45(4) , pp. 412–429 · doi:10.1080/07399332.2023.2177295 · PMID:36794288 · W4321002276
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This study found that in women with endometriosis, attachment anxiety and pain catastrophizing were linked to poorer health-related quality of life, with problem-focused coping mediating this relationship.

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This study applied the Attachment-Diathesis Model of Chronic Pain to assess health-related quality of life in Turkish women with endometriosis. The researchers analyzed how attachment styles, specifically anxiety and avoidance, influenced coping strategies such as problem-focused coping and social support seeking. Results indicated that attachment anxiety correlated with reduced problem-focused coping and increased pain catastrophizing, both of which were associated with poorer quality of life. The paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically examining psychological mechanisms like attachment styles and coping strategies that mediate the impact of chronic pain on health-related quality of life in patients with this condition.

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Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder that occurs in women of reproductive age, and negatively affects women's quality of life. We tested 'Attachment-Diathesis Model of Chronic Pain' in a sample of Turkish women with endometriosis by analyzing the paths among attachment styles, pain catastrophizing, coping strategies, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Attachment anxiety was related to using less problem-focused coping and seeking more social support, while attachment avoidance was associated with seeking less social support as a coping strategy. Moreover, attachment anxiety and higher pain catastrophizing were related to a worse HRQoL. Finally, problem-focused coping strategy mediated the relation between attachment anxiety and HRQoL, meaning that by employing less problem-focused coping strategies, anxiously attached women experienced a poorer HRQoL. In light of our findings, psychologists may develop intervention techniques that question attachment patterns, pain perception, and coping strategies in clients diagnosed with endometriosis.
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Women with chronic hypertension are at increased risk for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. Maternal serum angiogenic markers, such as soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 and placental growth factor, can be used to triage women with suspected preeclampsia. However, data about these markers in pregnant women with chronic hypertension are scarce. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the predictive accuracy of maternal serum levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1, placental growth factor, an... Gynocare update: Modern strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment of rare gynecologic tumors—current challenges and future directions Di Fiore, Riccardo; et. al. (2021-01-01) More than 50% of all gynecologic tumors can be classified as rare (defined as an incidence of ≤6 per 100,000 women) and usually have a poor prognosis owing to delayed diagnosis and treatment. In contrast to almost all other common solid tumors, the treatment of rare gynecologic tumors (RGT) is often based on retrospective studies, expert opinion, or extrapolation from other tumor sites with similar histology, leading to difficulty in developing guidelines for clinical practice. Currently, gynecologic cancer... Citation Formats IEEE ACM APA CHICAGO MLA BibTeX İ. B. Güvenç and Ö. Bozo, “Health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis: An Attachment-Diathesis Model of Chronic Pain perspective,” Health Care for Women International , pp. 0–0, 2023, Accessed: 00, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85148526515&origin=inward.

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