Impact of endometriosis on quality of life, anxiety, and depression: an Austrian perspective
| Autor: | David Riedl, Bettina Böttcher, Siegfried Fessler, F. Friedl, M. H. Walter, Ludwig Wildt, G. Schüßler, R. Richter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Biopsychosocial model
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Endometriosis Anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Humans Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychiatric Status Rating Scales business.industry Depression Incidence (epidemiology) Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine medicine.disease Mental health Berlin Cross-Sectional Studies Austria Case-Control Studies Quality of Life Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of gynecology and obstetrics. 292(6) |
| ISSN: | 1432-0711 |
| Popis: | Several studies on the quality of life in patients with endometriosis have been performed with conflicting results. This cross-section survey examines the influence of endometriosis on the psychological well-being and the quality of life and the incidence of anxiety and depression among these patients, recruited from a tertiary care center in Austria. Three standardized questionnaires of 62 patients with endometriosis were evaluated: status of health questionnaire (SF-36), hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS-D), and endometriosis health profile (EHP-30). Quality of life status (EHP-30) was compared with published samples of the Oxford hospital and the Charite Berlin. Chi-square tests, independent sample t-tests, and one-way independent ANCOVA’s were used to compare SF- 36 and HADS- D scores to 61 healthy controls. Pearson product-moment-correlation coefficients were used to investigate correlations between symptoms of depression and anxiety in the patient sample. Moderate to severe anxiety symptoms were found in 29 %; depressive symptoms were present in 14.5 % of the patients. Both symptoms occurred in 12.9 %. We found significant better values in all subscales of the EHP compared to the Oxford and Berlin samples. The control sample showed significant better subjective general health (p |
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