Women living with endometriosis: perceptions of disease
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2018.3.28681Keywords:
endometriosis, comprehensive health care, women’s health.Abstract
Objectives: To identify the knowledge of women living with endometriosis regarding the disease and to ponder their perceptions about post-diagnosis quality of life.
Materials and Methods: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was performed in the Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service of an university hospital. Thirteen women between the ages of 18 and 46 participated in the study.
Results: The majority of the women belonged to the age group between 30 and 39 years, with a disease period between 1 and 4 years old, belonging to the middle class, using a contraceptive method, with no diagnosis of infertility, with irregular menstrual cycles and with history of pregnancy (most with abortions). The participants of the research do not know the disease that affects them. They live in the company of pain and the possible infertility.
Conclusion: The women included in this research, for the most part, do not know the disease with which they coexist and perceive the changes coming from the disease in a negative way.
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