Patients' report on how endometriosis affects health, work, and daily life

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2424-2428

  Fourquet, Jessica ^a   Gao, Xin ^b   Zavala, Diego ^a   Orengo, Juan C ^a   Abac, Sonia ^a   Ruiz, Abigail ^a   Laboy, Joaquín ^a   Flores, Idhaliz ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b PHARMERIT INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Infertility; Menstrual pain; Patient reported outcomes; Pelvic pain; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SELF REPORT; WORK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTERUS DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UTERINE DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

EID: 77952564454     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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