ASSESSMENT THE HEALTH- RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG ENDOMETRIOSIS WOMEN IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTERS IN DAMIETTA

Sanaa Ali Nor,Seham Ibrahim,Gehan Elbahlawan,Walaa Abd El-Lattifmontaser

doi:10.21608/pssjn.2020.132004

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Background:Endometriosis is a disease affect Women' health and Quality of life especially in child bearing age. Aim: Assess the Health- Related Quality of life among Endometriosis Women in Maternal and Child Health Centers in Damietta. Design: A descriptive study was used. Setting: Gynecology and Obstetrics out patient at three Maternal and Child Health centers; New Damietta MCH center, Shata MCH center and KaferShehata MCH center in Damietta city. Subjects: A total of 100 women with surgically diagnosed endometriosis were purposively selected. Tools: Include; structured interviewing questionnaire and the Endometriosis Health Profile (EHP-30+5). Results: shows that 83.0% of women had infertility. There was a delay in seeking treatment that ranged between 2-10 years. Endometriosis had a negative impact on woman's quality of life and there is statistically significant relation between stages of endometriosis and the negative aspect of women’s quality of life in terms of physical, psychological, sexual, educational and working life. Recommendations: there is a need for teaching patients to avoid the delay in seeking treatment. As well as how to cope with chronic pelvic pain and to teach patients how to strengthen relationships with their partner and friends, so they will be supportive in coping with the disease instead of drifting apart due to potentialmisunderstandings.Conclusion: There was a delay in seeking treatment for endometriosis despite its negative impact on woman's quality of life in terms of physical, psychological, sexual, educational and working life.

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Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like epithelium and stroma outside the endometrium and myometrium
The current study revealed that there is one fifth of women had family history for endometriosis, this go with the finding of Mamdouh et al, study (2011) in a hospital-based casecontrol study about Epidemiologic determinants of endometriosis among Egyptian women
Based on study findings, it can be concluded that: This study provided tangible evidence of the negative impact of endometriosis on important aspects related to physical, psychological, sexual, educational and working life

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Endometriosis is a disease characterized by the presence of endometrium-like epithelium and stroma outside the endometrium and myometrium. Endometriosis symptoms include; severe dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain, ovulation pain, cyclical or perimenstrual symptoms (e.g. bowel or bladder associated) with or without abnormal bleeding, infertility, chronic fatigue. The estimated prevalence of endometriosis of American women of childbearing age is between 10% and 15%. Because surgical confirmation is necessary for the diagnosis of endometriosis, the true prevalence of the disease is unknown. It is found almost exclusively in women of reproductive age, and is the single most common reason for hospitalization of women in this age group. Endometriosis is a disease affect Women' health and Quality of life especially in child bearing age. Aim: Assess the Health- Related Quality of life among Endometriosis. Women in Maternal and Child Health Centers in Damietta. There was a delay in seeking treatment that ranged between 2-10 years

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