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Endometriosis and associated symptoms among nigerian women
Objective: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis and identify associated symptoms among Nigerian women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a center in Ibadan, Nigeria, between October 2008 and December 2010. All women aged 18–45 years scheduled for their first diagnostic laparo...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Adeniran, O. F. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Bello, F. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Ogunbode, O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Odukogbe, A. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Nkwocha, G. C. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Nnoaham, K. E. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Zondervan, K. T. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Akintan, A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Abdus-Salam, R. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Okunlola, M. A. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2015 | ||
| 520 | |a Objective: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis and identify associated symptoms among Nigerian women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a center in Ibadan, Nigeria, between October 2008 and December 2010. All women aged 18–45 years scheduled for their first diagnostic laparoscopy for gynecologic indications were enrolled. Participants completed a previously validated self-administered questionnaire. Endometriosis was diagnosed on the basis of visual evidence. Results: Among 239 women analyzed, 115 (48.1%) had endometriotic lesions. Endometriosis was more common among women reporting dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain than among those not reporting these symptoms (20/28 [71.4%] vs 95/211 [45.0%]; P = 0.009). Women who reported dysmenorrhea were significantly more likely to have endometriosis than were those without dysmenorrhea (90/171 [52.6%] vs 25/68 [36.8%]; P = 0.027). The risk of endometriosis was not significantly increased in women with one pain symptom (odds ratio [OR]1.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.67–4.27), but was significantly increased in women with two (OR 2.70; 95% CI 1.13–6.52) or three (OR 4.87; 95% CI 1.88–12.82) pain symptoms (χ2 trend = 15.5; P b 0.001). In a multivariate logistic regression model, only pain other than dysmenorrhea or dyspareunia independently predicted endometriosis (P=0.017). Conclusion: Endometriosis is fairly common among Nigerian women. Efforts to increase the awareness of endometriosis among the public, researchers, and clinicians are needed. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 0020-7292 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_ogunbode_endometriosis_2015 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 130 (2), pp.190–194 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11752 | |
| 653 | |a Africa | ||
| 653 | |a Dysmenorrhea | ||
| 653 | |a Endometriosis | ||
| 653 | |a Laparoscopy | ||
| 653 | |a Pelvic pain | ||
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