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Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health
Objective. To evaluate patients' health status and the course of endometriosis from the premenopausal to the postmenopausal period and evaluate influencing factors that may be relevant. Methods. Questionnaire completed by 35 postmenopausal women in whom endometriosis had been histologically con...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/746705 |
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author | Haas, Dietmar Wurm, Peter Schimetta, Wolfgang Schabetsberger, Kathrin Shamiyeh, Andreas Oppelt, Peter Binder, Helge |
author_facet | Haas, Dietmar Wurm, Peter Schimetta, Wolfgang Schabetsberger, Kathrin Shamiyeh, Andreas Oppelt, Peter Binder, Helge |
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description | Objective. To evaluate patients' health status and the course of endometriosis from the premenopausal to the postmenopausal period and evaluate influencing factors that may be relevant. Methods. Questionnaire completed by 35 postmenopausal women in whom endometriosis had been histologically confirmed premenopausally. Correlation and regression analyses were carried out to identify factors relevant to their postmenopausal health status. Results. Overall, there was clear improvement in typical endometriosis symptoms and sexual life. Clear associations (P < 0.005) were observed between premenopausal factors like physical limitations caused by the disease, impaired social contacts and psychological problems, and postmenopausal pain and impairment of sexual life. Three statistical models for assessing pain and impairment of sexual life in the postmenopausal period were calculated on the basis of clinical symptoms in the premenopausal period, with a very high degree of accuracy (P < 0.001; R (2) = 0.833/0.857/0.931). Conclusions. The results of the survey strongly suggest that physical fitness and freedom from physical restrictions, a good social environment, and psychological care in both the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods lead to marked improvements in the postmenopausal period with regard to pain, dyspareunia, and influence on sexual life in endometriosis patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-40586682014-07-01 Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health Haas, Dietmar Wurm, Peter Schimetta, Wolfgang Schabetsberger, Kathrin Shamiyeh, Andreas Oppelt, Peter Binder, Helge Biomed Res Int Research Article Objective. To evaluate patients' health status and the course of endometriosis from the premenopausal to the postmenopausal period and evaluate influencing factors that may be relevant. Methods. Questionnaire completed by 35 postmenopausal women in whom endometriosis had been histologically confirmed premenopausally. Correlation and regression analyses were carried out to identify factors relevant to their postmenopausal health status. Results. Overall, there was clear improvement in typical endometriosis symptoms and sexual life. Clear associations (P < 0.005) were observed between premenopausal factors like physical limitations caused by the disease, impaired social contacts and psychological problems, and postmenopausal pain and impairment of sexual life. Three statistical models for assessing pain and impairment of sexual life in the postmenopausal period were calculated on the basis of clinical symptoms in the premenopausal period, with a very high degree of accuracy (P < 0.001; R (2) = 0.833/0.857/0.931). Conclusions. The results of the survey strongly suggest that physical fitness and freedom from physical restrictions, a good social environment, and psychological care in both the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods lead to marked improvements in the postmenopausal period with regard to pain, dyspareunia, and influence on sexual life in endometriosis patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4058668/ /pubmed/24987703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/746705 Text en Copyright © 2014 Dietmar Haas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Haas, Dietmar Wurm, Peter Schimetta, Wolfgang Schabetsberger, Kathrin Shamiyeh, Andreas Oppelt, Peter Binder, Helge Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title | Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title_full | Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title_fullStr | Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title_short | Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health |
title_sort | endometriosis patients in the postmenopausal period: pre- and postmenopausal factors influencing postmenopausal health |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987703 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/746705 |
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