Chronic Fatigue, Physical Impairments and Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: To explore endometriosis-related fatigue (ERF), health-related fitness, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with endometriosis in comparison with matched controls. Twenty-five affected women and twenty-five age and height-matched women without endometriosis were included. ERF was assessed through the Piper Fatigue Scale; health-related fitness was assessed through the Schöber, flamingo, and 6-min walking tests and dynamometry; and body composition was assessed through impedanciometry. Self-perceived physical fitness, sleep quality, and HRQoL were assessed through the International Fitness Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. Affected women exhibited higher levels of ERF than controls, increased fat

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Salvago F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7277433 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature