The Impact of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

Adriana Peterson Mariano Salata Romão, Ricardo Gorayeb, Gustavo Salata Romão, Omero Benedicto Poli‐Neto, Antônio Alberto Nogueira
In: International Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2013 · vol. 04(10) , pp. 421–427 · doi:10.4236/ijcm.2013.410076 · W2028377204
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This qualitative study explored how women with chronic pelvic pain experience their diagnosis and its impact on their lives, highlighting their need to be better heard and the importance of integrated physical and psychological care.

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Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a prevalent condition with a significant impact on the personal, social, professional and marital life of women. It is a complex condition that may have no specific causal diagnosis or may be associated with multiple diagnoses, frequently involving treatment failure. The definition of health care strategies fundamentally depends on the way women live with this condition. Thus, the objective of the present study is to learn how women with CPP experience their diagnosis and the meaning they attribute to it. A qualitative study was conducted by interviewing a focus group of 11 women. The content of the interviews was recorded and fully transcribed, and the speeches were interpreted by Bardin’s content analysis. The topics most frequently dealt with in the interview were diagnosis, beginning of pain, worsening and improving factors, marital and interpersonal relationships, interference with daily activities, association with emotional aspects, and perspectives for the future. It could be perceived how much these women need to be better heard and how much the association between psychic and physical questions must be visualized by the professionals who provide care for them. The approach used by professionals from different areas, when properly structured, can minimize the problem of the division of a sick person into separate parts. Psychological care is very important, especially in relation to the discovery of more effective strategies for living with pain.

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