Decisions about healthcare funding and delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as the monitoring of health service performance and outcomes, are driven by readily available data, in particular from …
Procedural pain and pre-procedural anxiety are the most frequently cited barriers to acceptability and completion of outpatient hysteroscopy. Virtual reality (VR) offers immersive patient education, but clinical adoption has been …
BackgroundResearch has suggested that some gynecological conditions are associated with body image, disordered eating behaviors, and mental health concerns. This has been studied in polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis populations, …
Pain is a defining symptom of endometriosis reducing quality of life and increasing the risk of psychological disorders. We conducted an open-label, randomized, controlled trial to investigate whether structured coaching …
Body image disturbance is a commonly experienced psychological impact of endometriosis and other chronic pelvic pain (CPP) conditions (e.g., vulvodynia). This systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative literature aimed to …
Women with endometriosis experience chronic cyclic pelvic pain (CCPP) or chronic persistent pelvic pain (CPPP), both of which may be incapacitating even after treatment. Emotional dysregulation in endometriosis impedes patient …
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary but insufficient cause of cervical cancer (CC) and reflects a long-standing host-virus equilibrium shaped by immune control, viral persistence, and latency. The transition …
This study aimed to investigate whether women with unilateral and bilateral OMA differ in anxiety symptoms, and secondarily in depressive symptoms and sexual dysfunction symptoms, and to evaluate the independent …
This study aimed to assess whether the presence of endometriosis and/or adenomyosis on advanced ultrasound accounts for variations in quality of life. Our secondary objective was to examine potential determinants …
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic systemic inflammatory disease that affects 10 % of people assigned female at birth. Despite its prevalence, mean diagnostic delay is 4-11 years. Although much research …