Addressing the Endometriosis Knowledge Gap for Improved Clinical Care-A Cross-Sectional Pre- and Post-Educational-Intervention Study among Pakistani Women.

ABSTRACT: This study explored the baseline knowledge and symptoms associated with endometriosis, educated women about endometriosis, and documented the improvement in endometriosis knowledge. A brief intervention with an educational brochure on endometriosis was administered among 303 female participants. A paired-sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were run to compute endometriosis knowledge scores. In total, 49.5% of the participants had consistent access to annual healthcare, 25.1% were healthcare workers, and 45.2% had an undergraduate education. The entire sample had a pre-test endometriosis knowledge score of 4.2 (SD = 2.48), and the score was 6.3 (SD = 2.3) on the post-test. One-way ANOVA yielded no significant improvement in knowledge scores across the groups with consistent and inconsistent acc

SUBMITTER: Saad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature