Correlation between pain and depressive symptoms in patients with confirmed endometriosis during COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory condition which affects women of reproductive age physically and psychologically in their everyday life. The most common symptom is chronic lower abdominal pain. Apart from physical pain, endometriosis often also leads to an unfulfilled desire to give birth. In general, these two main aspects alone lead to emotional stress for patients and often initiate depressive symptoms. To what extent endometriosis patients are additionally affected by the COVID pandemic and its effects is to be determined in this study.

Methods

Patients who presented at our endometriosis center and met the study criteria were offered participation in the study. A link to an online questionnaire (SoSci-Survey) was sent by email. The

SUBMITTER: Helbig M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature