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Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean

Endometriosis is a complex disease affecting approximately 5–10% individuals worldwide. Prevalence rates in Latin-America and the Caribbean are largely unknown, with published data only from Puerto Rico and Chile. Pain associated with endometriosis negatively affects patients’ health and quality of...

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Autores principales: Matías-González, Yatzmeli, Sánchez-Galarza, Astrid, Rosario-Hernández, Ernesto, Flores-Caldera, Idhaliz, Rivera-Segarra, Eliut
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10022163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001329
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author Matías-González, Yatzmeli
Sánchez-Galarza, Astrid
Rosario-Hernández, Ernesto
Flores-Caldera, Idhaliz
Rivera-Segarra, Eliut
author_facet Matías-González, Yatzmeli
Sánchez-Galarza, Astrid
Rosario-Hernández, Ernesto
Flores-Caldera, Idhaliz
Rivera-Segarra, Eliut
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description Endometriosis is a complex disease affecting approximately 5–10% individuals worldwide. Prevalence rates in Latin-America and the Caribbean are largely unknown, with published data only from Puerto Rico and Chile. Pain associated with endometriosis negatively affects patients’ health and quality of life. However, there is a need to better understand the role played by psychosocial variables such as stigma and social support in diverse cultural contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of endometriosis related stigma (endo-stigma) and the moderating role of social support on the endometriosis QoL and self-esteem among women with endometriosis from Latin America and the Caribbean. A cross-sectional design with online survey techniques was implemented. A total of 169 self-identified cisgender women with endometriosis from 14 Latin-American and Caribbean countries participated in the study. We used partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to examine the study’s hypotheses. Incapacitating pain was positively and significantly related to endometriosis QoL as measured by the EHP-5 (b = .266, p < .01). Endo-stigma was positively and significantly related to endometriosis QoL (b = .340, p< .01) and self-esteem (b = .297, p< .01). In addition, endo-stigma mediated the relationship between incapacitating pain and self-esteem (IE = .073, p = .018). Finally, social support moderated the relationship between stigma stress and endometriosis QoL (b = .060, p = .039). Findings suggest stigma could be one of the mechanisms through which the relationship between incapacitating pain and self-esteem among Latin American and Caribbean women with endometriosis could be partially explained. Furthermore, women who scored high in the need for social support and stigma stress also showed worst endometriosis QoL. These results point towards the need to develop tailored interventions targeting these factors in order to foster a better QoL and wellbeing for this population in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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spelling pubmed-100221632023-03-17 Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean Matías-González, Yatzmeli Sánchez-Galarza, Astrid Rosario-Hernández, Ernesto Flores-Caldera, Idhaliz Rivera-Segarra, Eliut PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Endometriosis is a complex disease affecting approximately 5–10% individuals worldwide. Prevalence rates in Latin-America and the Caribbean are largely unknown, with published data only from Puerto Rico and Chile. Pain associated with endometriosis negatively affects patients’ health and quality of life. However, there is a need to better understand the role played by psychosocial variables such as stigma and social support in diverse cultural contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of endometriosis related stigma (endo-stigma) and the moderating role of social support on the endometriosis QoL and self-esteem among women with endometriosis from Latin America and the Caribbean. A cross-sectional design with online survey techniques was implemented. A total of 169 self-identified cisgender women with endometriosis from 14 Latin-American and Caribbean countries participated in the study. We used partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to examine the study’s hypotheses. Incapacitating pain was positively and significantly related to endometriosis QoL as measured by the EHP-5 (b = .266, p < .01). Endo-stigma was positively and significantly related to endometriosis QoL (b = .340, p< .01) and self-esteem (b = .297, p< .01). In addition, endo-stigma mediated the relationship between incapacitating pain and self-esteem (IE = .073, p = .018). Finally, social support moderated the relationship between stigma stress and endometriosis QoL (b = .060, p = .039). Findings suggest stigma could be one of the mechanisms through which the relationship between incapacitating pain and self-esteem among Latin American and Caribbean women with endometriosis could be partially explained. Furthermore, women who scored high in the need for social support and stigma stress also showed worst endometriosis QoL. These results point towards the need to develop tailored interventions targeting these factors in order to foster a better QoL and wellbeing for this population in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean. Public Library of Science 2022-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10022163/ /pubmed/36962832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001329 Text en © 2022 Matías-González et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rivera-Segarra, Eliut
Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title_full Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title_short Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean
title_sort stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in latin-america and the caribbean
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10022163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001329
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