TY - JOUR
T1 - Dienogest treatment improves quality of life in women with endometriosis
AU - Luisi, Stefano
AU - Parazzini, Fabio
AU - Angioni, Stefano
AU - Arena, Saverio
AU - Berretta, Paolo
AU - Candiani, Massimo
AU - Cela, Vito
AU - Fedele, Luigi
AU - Litta, Pietro
AU - Maiorana, Antonio
AU - Nappi, Luigi
AU - Porpora, Maria Grazia
AU - Rosati, Maurizio
AU - Zullo, Fulvio
AU - Tosti, Claudia
AU - Petraglia, Felice
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Background: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of dienogest treatment in improving quality of life in women with endometriosis. Methods: This was a prospective observational multicenter study at the universities of Siena, Milano, Cagliari, Perugia, Busto Arstizio, Pisa, Padova, Palermo, Foggia, Roma, Pescara and Catanzaro, including 142 patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis who received dienogest 2 mg once daily, for up to 90 days. Each patient underwent an evaluation of pelvic pain measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 10 points, and of quality of life measured by a mental and physical index before and after treatment. Results: The mean ± SD of VAS was 8.2 ± 1.6 in women with endometriosis, and this progressively and signifi- cantly decreased to 5.9 ± 2.6 at the end of the study. Mental index score values increased from 39.0 ± 9.8 to 46.0 ± 9.1 (p
AB - Background: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of dienogest treatment in improving quality of life in women with endometriosis. Methods: This was a prospective observational multicenter study at the universities of Siena, Milano, Cagliari, Perugia, Busto Arstizio, Pisa, Padova, Palermo, Foggia, Roma, Pescara and Catanzaro, including 142 patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis who received dienogest 2 mg once daily, for up to 90 days. Each patient underwent an evaluation of pelvic pain measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 10 points, and of quality of life measured by a mental and physical index before and after treatment. Results: The mean ± SD of VAS was 8.2 ± 1.6 in women with endometriosis, and this progressively and signifi- cantly decreased to 5.9 ± 2.6 at the end of the study. Mental index score values increased from 39.0 ± 9.8 to 46.0 ± 9.1 (p
KW - Dienogest
KW - Endometriosis
KW - Pelvic pain
KW - Quality of life
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.5301/je.5000232
DO - 10.5301/je.5000232
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954432895
VL - 7
SP - 124
EP - 128
JO - Journal of Endometriosis
JF - Journal of Endometriosis
SN - 2035-9969
IS - 4
ER -