Anxiety in Women with Endometriosis -A Cross-sectional Study

Nazila Najdi, Katayon Vakilian, Amir Almasi‐Hashiani, Fatemeh Mirzaie, Maryam Shokrpoor, Hourieh Karimi
In: The Open Public Health Journal · 2024 · vol. 17(1) · doi:10.2174/0118749445308945240614110217 · W4400007879
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This study found that women with endometriosis experienced higher anxiety levels post-surgery compared to healthy women, indicating persistent psychological distress.

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This cross-sectional study in Arak, Iran compared anxiety levels between 84 women diagnosed with endometriosis and treated by laparoscopy (surveyed at least 6 months after surgery) and a convenience-sampled control group without endometriosis, using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) along with demographic and obstetric questions. Women were recruited from a referral maternity hospital and multiple health centers, and anxiety was categorized by BAI score; statistical comparisons used chi-square and t-tests. The study found that women with endometriosis had higher BAI mean scores (7.82 vs 15.16) and higher proportions in more severe anxiety categories than healthy women, with a statistically significant difference reported between groups. The paper does not clearly discuss additional limitations such as potential sampling bias from convenience methods or the cross-sectional design. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it specifically quantifies anxiety differences in women with endometriosis after laparoscopic treatment versus healthy controls.

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Abstract

Aim The present study aims to assess the anxiety in endometriosis women. Background Endometriosis is a disease with chronic pain due to the presence of endometrial-like tissue in other organs of the body. Pain and infertility can reduce the quality of mental health in women’s underlying endometriosis. Objectives The present study wants to assess anxiety in endometriosis women and compare it with healthy women in Arak City in 2023. Methods The current research was conducted using a cross-sectional method. Eighty-four records of women who were diagnosed and treated by laparoscopy in one of the referral hospitals were included. In the control group, women who were referred to health centers for an annual checkup without any history of endometriosis were recruited for the study. They were entered into the study by convenience sampling. Two groups filled out the demographic and Anxiety Beck Inventory in 15 minutes. Data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics using chi-square and t-tests using STATA software. Results The results showed that the mean age of patients in the case and control groups was 31.5 ± 5.7 and 31.1 ± 6.1, respectively (p=0.57). Findings revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of FSFI between the case and control, respectively (23.08 ± 6.1vs 24.47 ± 6.6; p=0.031). Conclusion The present study showed that women with endometriosis still experience more anxiety after surgery than healthy women. Therefore, the reasons for women's anxiety should be identified during consultations, and drug and non-drug treatment methods should be used to reduce their anxiety.

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