High prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil and direct association with abdominal surgery.

Introduction: Chronic pelvic pain is a disease that directly affects the social and professional lives of women.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of this clinical condition and to identify independent factors associated with it in women living in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Methods: A one-year cross-sectional study was conducted in a population sample of 1,278 women over the age of 1,278 women over the age of 14 years.