Temporal and regional differences in the incidence of hospital-diagnosed endometriosis: a Danish population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Due to diagnostic challenges, normalization of symptoms and an overall lack of awareness among both patients and physicians, endometriosis is an underdiagnosed disease. This can result in delayed treatment and potentially worsening of the disease. Despite initiatives, such as patients' support organizations and specialized endometriosis referral centers, differences in awareness, socioeconomic factors and lifestyle, combined with varying distances to specialized referral centers, could result in regional differences in the degree of underdiagnosing. This study aims to explore temporal and regional variations in the incidence of endometriosis based on the Danish hospital discharge register, and shed light on the degree of underdiagnosing of endometriosis in Denmark.

SUBMITTER: Illum LRH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature