Background
Endometriosis, endometriosis, bleeding, gynecological disease, pain, endometrial lesions, chronic pain, WL, adhesions
ENDOMETRIOSIS, BLEEDING, ENDOMETRIOSIS, RECURRENCE, GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASE, INFLAMMATION, SECONDARY, CHRONIC PAIN, UTERUS, ADHESIONS
Endometriosis is a chronic and often painful gynecological disease defined as the presence and growth of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus, usually in the pelvis, where it causes bleeding, inflammation, and adhesions [Current standard treatment for painful endometriosis includes hormonal treatment, pain medication, and/or surgical resection of endometrial lesions. Despite such treatment, recurrence and development of chronic pain problems are frequent [Consequently, we conducted a three-armed RCT to test the effects of (1) a specific PI (MY-ENDO), (2) a matched non-specific PI (Non-specific) and (3) a waitlist control (WL) on CPP and QoL in women with endometriosis. The hypothesis was to find statistically significant improvements in CPP and a number of secondary outcomes for (1) PI (MY-ENDO + Non-specific) compared to WL and for (2) MY-ENDO compared to Non-specific.