Manuela C P Marinho1, Thais F Magalhaes1, Luiz Flavio C Fernandes2, Kathiane L Augusto1,3, Aline V M Brilhante4,3, Leonardo R P S Bezerra1. 1. 1 Department of Surgery and Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand of Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Brazil . 2. 2 Department of Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo (USP) , São Paulo, Brazil . 3. 4 Medicine Course of University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) , Fortaleza, Brazil . 4. 3 Post-Graduate Program in Public Health, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) , Fortaleza, Brazil .
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to conduct an integrative review of the health-related quality of life (QoL) burden in women with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This integrative review was carried out by consulting the BIREME/MEDLINE databases through July 2017. We searched for articles published in the past 12 years using the MeSH terms "quality of life" and "endometriosis" and its representations in Portuguese and English. RESULTS: Database search yielded 367 records, and eight additional records were identified through other sources. After analyzing articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, rigor and methodological evidence, 26 publications constituted the final corpus of our analysis. Generic instruments most commonly used to assess QoL included the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-bref (WHOQOL-bref); the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), and the Duke Health Profile, among others. Disease-specific questionnaires were also used, and two studies collected qualitative data. Endometriosis had a negative impact in all domains of QoL, which was more associated to symptoms than to the diagnosis per se. It also negatively affected sleep quality and perceived stress. Impact had age-related differences in most studies, and was not related to endometriosis staging. CONCLUSIONS: Endometriosis negatively affects QoL. A consensus must be reached as to which QoL instrument should be used to make studies comparable.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to conduct an integrative review of the health-related quality of life (QoL) burden in women with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This integrative review was carried out by consulting the BIREME/MEDLINE databases through July 2017. We searched for articles published in the past 12 years using the MeSH terms "quality of life" and "endometriosis" and its representations in Portuguese and English. RESULTS: Database search yielded 367 records, and eight additional records were identified through other sources. After analyzing articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, rigor and methodological evidence, 26 publications constituted the final corpus of our analysis. Generic instruments most commonly used to assess QoL included the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-bref (WHOQOL-bref); the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), and the Duke Health Profile, among others. Disease-specific questionnaires were also used, and two studies collected qualitative data. Endometriosis had a negative impact in all domains of QoL, which was more associated to symptoms than to the diagnosis per se. It also negatively affected sleep quality and perceived stress. Impact had age-related differences in most studies, and was not related to endometriosis staging. CONCLUSIONS:Endometriosis negatively affects QoL. A consensus must be reached as to which QoL instrument should be used to make studies comparable.
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