Psychological interventions improve quality of life despite persistent pain in endometriosis: results of a 3-armed randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Despite standard medical treatment endometriosis is often associated with disabling pain and poor quality of life (QoL). Studies indicate that psychological interventions (PIs) may improve pain and QoL, yet studies on the effects of PIs for women with endometriosis are sparse and limited by low-quality study designs. Therefore, this study aimed, in a rigorous three-armed design, to evaluate the effect of PIs on chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and QoL in women with endometriosis.

Visceral syndrome in endometriosis patients.

Objective: Pain related to bowel and bladder function is seen more often in endometriosis. This study explored whether employed endometriosis patients experience multiple visceral symptoms more often than reference women without the disease.

Study Design: In a cohort study, 610 patients with diagnosed endometriosis and 751 reference women completed an electronic survey based on the EHP-30 questionnaire.