Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: a multicenter study across ten countries
Kelechi E Nnoaham,Lone Hummelshoj,Premila Webster,Thomas D'Hooghe,Fiorenzo De Cicco Nardone,Carlo de Cicco Nardone,Crispin Jenkinson,Stephen Kennedy,Krina T. Zondervan,Krina T. Zondervan +9 more
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Endometriosis impairs HRQoL and work productivity across countries and ethnicities, yet women continue to experience diagnostic delays in primary care, and a higher index of suspicion is needed to expedite specialist assessment of symptomatic women.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1007 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Endometriosis & Pelvic pain.read more
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Developing symptom-based predictive models of endometriosis as a clinical screening tool: results from a multicenter study
Kelechi E Nnoaham,Lone Hummelshoj,Stephen Kennedy,Crispin Jenkinson,Krina T. Zondervan,Krina T. Zondervan +5 more
TL;DR: The authors' symptom-based models predict any-stage endometriosis relatively poorly and stage III and IV disease with good accuracy and could help to prioritize women for surgical investigation in clinical practice and thus contribute to reducing time to diagnosis.
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Diagnostic Delay of Endometriosis in the Netherlands.
TL;DR: The time interval to the diagnosis of endometriosis is long and mainly consists of the period of time the woman consults her first line medical professional.
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Real-World Evaluation of Direct and Indirect Economic Burden Among Endometriosis Patients in the United States.
TL;DR: Endometriosis patients incurred significantly higher direct and indirect healthcare costs than non-endometriotic patients in this retrospective cohort study.
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Endometriosis-Associated Macrophages: Origin, Phenotype, and Function
TL;DR: The evidence is interrogated to support the existence of multiple phenotypic populations and origins of macrophages in endometriosis and how this could be exploited for therapy.
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Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis: An Integrative Review
Manuela C P Marinho,Thaís Fontes de Magalhães,Luiz Flávio Cordeiro Fernandes,Kathiane Lustosa Augusto,Kathiane Lustosa Augusto,Aline Veras Morais Brilhante,Leonardo Robson Pinheiro Sobreira Bezerra +6 more
TL;DR: Endometriosis had a negative impact in all domains of QoL, which was more associated to symptoms than to the diagnosis per se, and negatively affected sleep quality and perceived stress.
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