Real-time Symptom Assessment in Patients With Endometriosis: Psychometric Evaluation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure, Based on the Experience Sampling Method.

Background: The experience sampling method (ESM) holds advantages over traditional retrospective questionnaires including a high ecological validity, no recall bias, the ability to assess fluctuation of symptoms, and the ability to analyze the temporal relationship between variables.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of an endometriosis-specific ESM tool.

Methods: This is a short-term follow-up prospective study, including patients with premenopausal endometriosis aged ≥18 years who reported dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, or dyspareunia between December 2019 and November 2020.

Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Real-time Symptom Assessment in Women With Endometriosis: Focus Group Study.

Background: Symptoms related to endometriosis have a significant impact on the quality of life, and symptoms often recur. The experience sampling method (ESM), a digital questioning method characterized by randomly repeated momentary assessments, has several advantages over traditionally used measurements, including the ability to assess the temporal relationship between variables such as physical, mental, and social factors.

Objective: The aim of this study is to develop an ESM tool for patients with endometriosis to accurately measure symptoms and their course over time, allowing for personalized treatment and adequate monitoring of treatment efficacy in individual patients.

Depression, Anxiety, and Correlating Factors in Endometriosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Endometriosis stage is not directly related to the burden of symptoms, and recurrence of symptoms occurs frequently. It is suggested that symptoms are associated with psychological distress, as in depression and anxiety disorders. Our aim was to explore the strength of the associations between endometriosis and depression or anxiety and to review correlating factors.

Endometriosis and Sexual Quality of Life.

Introduction: Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease with a high disease burden and significant, multifaceted impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and sexual quality of life (SQoL).

Aim: To explore which patient- and disease-specific characteristics were independently associated with SQoL.

Methods: A literature search was carried out to identify characteristics with an evidence-based or hypothesized effect on SQoL.

[ASalmonellainfection in a pregnant traveller].

Background: Infectious diseases are a common problem in people who travel to countries with poor hygiene standards. Pregnant travellers are subjected to increased risk because of the higher probability of complications in case of certain infectious diseases and the variability of prenatal care quality in these countries.

Case Description: A pregnant patient presented herself at the emergency department with recurring fever and chills, a month after she had been to Indonesia.