Health‐related quality of life in women with endometriosis, compared with the general population and women with rheumatoid arthritis

Verket, Nina Julie; Uhlig, Till; Sandvik, Leiv; Andersen, Marit Helen; Tanbo, Tom; Qvigstad, Erik

doi:10.1111/aogs.13427

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“…32 A recent study shows that women with deep endometriosis have worse physical and mental QOL than women with rheumatoid arthritis. 33 The limitation of the present study is not having included a control group in the analysis. The literature shows that medical or surgical treatment may improve pain over time.…”

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Quality of Life in Women with Deep Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yela

Quagliato

Benetti‐Pinto

2020

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet

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Objective To describe clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of women with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and assess their quality of life (QOL) during 6 months of medical treatment. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study of 60 women diagnosed with DIE either by surgery or image methods (ultrasound or magnetic resonance), who received clinical treatment for at least 6 months in the Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Both the SF-36 and the EHP-30 questionnaires were used to assess the quality of life. Results The mean age of the patients was 37.7 ± 6.0 years old, with 50% presenting dysmenorrhea; 57% dyspareunia; and 50% chronic pelvic pain. The SF-36 and the EHP-30 revealed impaired quality of life. In the SF-36, the worst domains were limitation due to emotional aspects (40.2 ± 43.1) and self-esteem and disposition (46.1 ± 24.8), whereas in the EHP-30 they were social well-being (50.3 ± 30.6); infertility (48.0 ± 36.3); and sexual intercourse (54.0 ± 32.1). Conclusion Although clinically treated, women with deep endometriosis present impairment in different domains of quality of life regardless of the questionnaire used for evaluation.

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Quality of Life in Women with Deep Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yela

Quagliato

Benetti‐Pinto

2020

Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet

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“…However, a sensitivity close to 10% is lower than we would prefer. Still, our patient sample has previously been demonstrated to carry a high disease burden, with marked pain and low health-related quality of life, comparable to or worse than women with rheumatoid arthritis, but with the disease hitting them at a much younger age 17. Thus, we have a patient sample representing a subtype of endometriosis that would undoubtedly benefit from early diagnosis and treatment.…”

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“…Sensitivity and specificity for different cut-off values of the risk indices were calculated, as well as positive predictive values (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs). To take into account the likelihood of skewed representativeness of the patient sample towards high symptom burden,17 we considered the following hypothetical prevalences of endometriosis in the general population: 0.1%, 0.5%, 1% and 2%. Participants with complete data for the predictors included in ERI-1 and ERI-2 (155 cases and 148 controls) were included in the analyses.…”

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Development of a prediction model to aid primary care physicians in early identification of women at high risk of developing endometriosis: cross-sectional study

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ObjectivesTo identify predictors of disease among a few factors commonly associated with endometriosis and if successful, to combine these to develop a prediction model to aid primary care physicians in early identification of women at high risk of developing endometriosis.DesignCross-sectional anonymous postal questionnaire study.SettingWomen aged 18–45 years recruited from the Norwegian Endometriosis Association and a random sample of women residing in Oslo, Norway.Participants157 women with and 156 women without endometriosis.Main outcome measuresLogistic and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analyses were performed with endometriosis as dependent variable. Predictors were identified and combined to develop a prediction model. The predictive ability of the model was evaluated by calculating the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and positive predictive values (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs). To take into account the likelihood of skewed representativeness of the patient sample towards high symptom burden, we considered the hypothetical prevalences of endometriosis in the general population 0.1%, 0.5%, 1% and 2%.ResultsThe predictors absenteeism from school due to dysmenorrhea and family history of endometriosis demonstrated the strongest association with disease. The model based on logistic regression (AUC 0.83) included these two predictors only, while the model based on LASSO regression (AUC 0.85) included two more: severe dysmenorrhea in adolescence and use of painkillers due to dysmenorrhea in adolescence. For the prevalences 0.1%, 0.5%, 1% and 2%, both models ascertained endometriosis with PPV equal to 2.0%, 9.4%, 17.2% and 29.6%, respectively. NPV was at least 98% for all values considered.ConclusionsExternal validation is needed before model implementation. Meanwhile, endometriosis should be considered a differential diagnosis in women with frequent absenteeism from school or work due to painful menstruations and positive family history of endometriosis.

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“…Quality of life was self-estimated by the BCa patients and the healthy controls, using the EORTQ-QLQ-C30 or the SF-36 Health Survey Version 3.0 questionnaire, respectively [22][23][24]. Specifically, EORTQ-QLQ-C30 is a cancer-specific questionnaire that incorporates global health status/QoL scale, common symptom scales and physical, emotional, cognitive, role and social functioning scales.…”

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The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy

Maridaki

Papadopetraki

Karagianni

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A growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) can be a complementary intervention during breast cancer (BCa) treatment, contributing to the alleviation of the chemotherapy-related side-effects. The purpose of this study was to assess physical activity (PA) levels and quality of life (QoL) parameters of BCa patients undergoing chemotherapy and compare them with healthy controls. A total of 94 BCa female patients and 65 healthy women were recruited and self-reported QoL and PA levels. The results reveal that women suffering from BCa spent only 134 ± 469 metabolic equivalents (MET)/week in vigorous PAs compared with the healthy females who spent 985±1508 MET/week. Also, BCa patients were spending 4.62±2.58 h/day sitting, contrary to the 2.34±1.05 h/day of the controls. QoL was scored as 63.43±20.63 and 70.14±19.49 while physical functioning (PF) as 71.48±23.35 and 84.46±15.48 by BCa patients and healthy participants, respectively. Negative correlations were found between QoL and fatigue, PF and pain, and fatigue and dyspnea, while a positive correlation was found between QoL and PF. This study indicated that the BCa group accumulated many hours seated and refrained from vigorous Pas, preferring PAs of moderate intensity. Additionally, BCa patients’ levels of functioning and QoL were moderate to high; however, they were compromised by pain, dyspnea and fatigue.

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Health‐related quality of life in women with endometriosis, compared with the general population and women with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract: Women with moderate to severe endometriosis seem to have overall impaired HRQoL compared with women from the general population, and poorer mental HRQoL compared with women with RA.

Cited by 26 publications

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Quality of Life in Women with Deep Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Quality of Life in Women with Deep Endometriosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Development of a prediction model to aid primary care physicians in early identification of women at high risk of developing endometriosis: cross-sectional study

The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy

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