Publications by authors named "Ricardo Jose de Souza"
Objective: This study aimed to underscore the issues associated with the dichotomization of categories in sleep questionnaires among women diagnosed with endometriosis and sleep disturbances, as well as their potential impact on the validity of the research findings.
Background: A range of questionnaires is employed across settings from primary care to research to classify sleep disturbances. Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) are two frequently utilized instruments for evaluating sleep.
Introduction: Women with bladder endometriosis often present with more advanced stages of endometriosis. Robotic surgery has emerged as a promising approach to the management of bladder endometriosis. This systematic review aims to analyze the current literature on robotic surgery for bladder endometriosis and describe our systematic approach to surgical treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Hypothesis: Painful bladder syndrome (PBS) is frequently associated with deep endometriosis (DE), and both conditions cause chronic pelvic pain (CPP), which often impairs sleep quality. This study was aimed at analyzing the impact of CPP plus PBS in women with DE on the global sleep quality index using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and subsequently examine each sleep dimension.
Methods: One hundred and forty women with DE were included and answered the PSQI and the O'Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms and Problem Index questionnaires with or without CPP.
Purpose: To investigate the relationship between pain intensity and insomnia frequency in women with a diagnosis of deep endometriosis. The hypothesis is that these patients with moderate or severe pain have a higher frequency of insomnia than those with mild or no pain.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of women with deep endometriosis categorized by pelvic pain intensity based on a numerical scale.