TY - JOUR A2 - Dursun, Polat AU - Touboul, C. AU - Amate, P. AU - Ballester, M. AU - Bazot, M. AU - Fauconnier, A. AU - Daraï, E. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/07/24 TI - Quality of Life Assessment Using EuroQOL EQ-5D Questionnaire in Patients with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: The Relation with Symptoms and Locations SP - 452134 VL - 2013 AB - The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of patients withdeep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) using EuroQOL (EQ-5D) and its correlationwith symptoms and locations of endometriotic lesions. One hundred and fifty-nine patients referred for DIE from January 2011 to April 2011were prospectively invited to complete questionnaires evaluating symptomsassociated with endometriosis as well as the EQ-5D questionnaire and health state. Patients also had locations of DIE evaluated by clinical examination and magneticresonance imaging (MRI). All 159 patients completed the questionnaires. Item response rate was 91.1%. Themost intense symptoms were dysmenorrhea (7.1/10), painful defecation (6.3/10), andfatigue (6.0/10). Mean (SD) scores were 77 (14) for the EQ-5D questionnaire and63.4 (21) for the health state. A relation was observed between the EQ-5Dquestionnaire and the presence of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, cyclic pelvic pain,painful defecation, and diarrhea or constipation. Vaginal and rectal infiltrations weresignificantly associated with altered EQ-5D and health state scores. The EQ-5D questionnaire is easy to complete and well related to symptoms of DIE. Rectal and vaginal infiltrations were found to be determinant factors of altered QOLby the EQ-5D questionnaire and health state. SN - 2356-6981 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/452134 DO - 10.1155/2013/452134 JF - International Journal of Chronic Diseases PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -