Pain Phenotypes in Endometriosis: A Population-Based Study Using Latent Class Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify pain phenotypes in patients with endometriosis and investigate their associations with demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities and pain-related quality of life (QoL).

Design

Cross-sectional, single-centre, population-based study.

Setting

Referral university centre in Quebec City, Canada.

Population

Patients diagnosed with endometriosis were enrolled consecutively between January 2020 and April 2024.

Methods

Latent class analysis was used to identify pain phenotypes. A three-step approach of latent class analysis, involving logistic regression models, was applied to assess the associations between pain phenotypes and demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities and pain-related QoL.

Main outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Kanti FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11794060 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature