Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study
Introduction: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease with a severe impact on quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess mental health status in a group of women with endometriosis, investigating their clinical history, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities. Methods: An observational cr...
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| author | Silvia Vannuccini Lucia Lazzeri Cinzia Orlandini Giuseppe Morgante Giuseppe Bifulco Andrea Fagiolini Felice Petraglia |
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| description | Introduction: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease with a severe impact on quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess mental health status in a group of women with endometriosis, investigating their clinical history, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was performed on a group of Italian Caucasian women with endometriosis (n = 134). All patients filled the ‘Patient Health Questionnaire’ (PHQ), a self-administered screening tool for mental health disorders. The characteristics of endometriosis, pain symptoms and their severity, the presence and types of comorbid systemic disorders were added into the same survey. Results: According to PHQ algorithms, 59% of patients were affected by at least one psychiatric disorder, with a significant correlation with pain symptoms (p = 0.0026). Patients with severe pain showed a higher incidence of multiple psychiatric disorders (p = 0.026) and somatoform disorder than those with mild pain (p = 0.0009). There was no correlation between the presence of psychiatric disorders and age, BMI, parity, infertility, need for surgery, number of intervention, localization of endometriotic lesions and systemic comorbidities. Discussion: Women with endometriosis showed a high frequency of PHQ results positive for psychiatric disorders, with a significant association with pain severity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c95ca2baa03144948513a56c804ea9452023-09-14T12:43:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology0167-482X1743-89422018-10-0139431532010.1080/0167482X.2017.13861711386171Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional studySilvia Vannuccini0Lucia Lazzeri1Cinzia Orlandini2Giuseppe Morgante3Giuseppe Bifulco4Andrea Fagiolini5Felice Petraglia6University of Siena, “S. Maria alle Scotte”University of Siena, “S. Maria alle Scotte”University of Siena, “S. Maria alle Scotte”University of Siena, “S. Maria alle Scotte”University of Naples ‘Federico II’University of Siena, “S. Maria alle Scotte”University of Florence, Careggi University Hospital, Largo BrambillaIntroduction: Endometriosis is a gynecological disease with a severe impact on quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess mental health status in a group of women with endometriosis, investigating their clinical history, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was performed on a group of Italian Caucasian women with endometriosis (n = 134). All patients filled the ‘Patient Health Questionnaire’ (PHQ), a self-administered screening tool for mental health disorders. The characteristics of endometriosis, pain symptoms and their severity, the presence and types of comorbid systemic disorders were added into the same survey. Results: According to PHQ algorithms, 59% of patients were affected by at least one psychiatric disorder, with a significant correlation with pain symptoms (p = 0.0026). Patients with severe pain showed a higher incidence of multiple psychiatric disorders (p = 0.026) and somatoform disorder than those with mild pain (p = 0.0009). There was no correlation between the presence of psychiatric disorders and age, BMI, parity, infertility, need for surgery, number of intervention, localization of endometriotic lesions and systemic comorbidities. Discussion: Women with endometriosis showed a high frequency of PHQ results positive for psychiatric disorders, with a significant association with pain severity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2017.1386171endometriosismental healthpsychiatric disorderssomatoform disorderpelvic pain |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Vannuccini Lucia Lazzeri Cinzia Orlandini Giuseppe Morgante Giuseppe Bifulco Andrea Fagiolini Felice Petraglia Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology endometriosis mental health psychiatric disorders somatoform disorder pelvic pain |
| title | Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Mental health, pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | mental health pain symptoms and systemic comorbidities in women with endometriosis a cross sectional study |
| topic | endometriosis mental health psychiatric disorders somatoform disorder pelvic pain |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2017.1386171 |
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