Time to Diagnose Endometriosis: Current Status, Challenges and Regional Characteristics-A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endometriosis diagnosis reportedly faces delays of up to 10 years. Despite growing awareness and improved guidelines, information on the current status is limited.

Objectives

To systematically assess the published evidence on the status of time to diagnosis in individuals with endometriosis, with respect to the definition of time to diagnosis, geographical location and patient characteristics.

Search strategy

MEDLINE (via PubMed) and Embase were searched for publications reporting time to diagnosing endometriosis since 2018. No restrictions to population or comparators were applied. All publications were screened by two independent reviewers.

Selection criteria

Search results were limited to primary publications of randomised controlled trials, non-r

SUBMITTER: De Corte P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625652 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature