Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2424-2428, 1 May 2010

Patients' report on how endometriosis affects health, work, and daily life

  • Jessica Fourquet, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Xin Gao, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmerit, North America LLC, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Diego Zavala, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Juan C. Orengo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Program, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Sonia Abac, R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Abigail Ruiz, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Joaquín Laboy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  • Idhaliz Flores, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Idhaliz Flores, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, Ponce School of Medicine, P.O. Box 7004, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00731 (FAX: 787-290-0876).

Received 16 January 2009; received in revised form 27 August 2009; accepted 12 September 2009. published online 19 November 2009.

The objective of this study was to assess the burden of endometriosis by obtaining patient-reported outcome data describing the experience of living with this disease. Survey data from 107 women with self-reported, surgically diagnosed endometriosis showed that living with this disease may be characterized by physical limitations that disrupt health, work, and daily life.

Key Words: Endometriosis, patient-reported outcomes, pelvic pain, menstrual pain, infertility, work performance

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 J.F. has nothing to disclose. X.G. has nothing to disclose. D.Z. has nothing to disclose. J.C.O. has nothing to disclose. S.A. has nothing to disclose. A.R. has nothing to disclose. J.L. has nothing to disclose. I.F. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by grants R01 HD050559, National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and S06-GM08239, National Institutes of Health–Minority Biomedical Research Support.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03696-6

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.017

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 7 , Pages 2424-2428, 1 May 2010

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