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SynthesisNeuropsychopharmacology reports2023

Pain-focused psychological interventions in women with endometriosis: A systematic review.

Elahe Samami, Zohreh Shahhosseini, Soghra Khani, Forouzan Elyasi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Neuropsychopharmacology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07245537 (EndoGym Progetto di Riabilitazione Del Pavimento Pelvico e Trattamento Del Dolore Miofasciale e Dispareunia Tramite la Pratica Dello Yoga in Pazienti Con Diagnosi di Endometriosi.), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07245537 completednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

EndoGym Progetto di Riabilitazione Del Pavimento Pelvico e Trattamento Del Dolore Miofasciale e Dispareunia Tramite la Pratica Dello Yoga in Pazienti Con Diagnosi di Endometriosi.

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di ModenaRan2024 to 2025Enrolled82ConditionsEndometriosisArmsYoga, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elahe SamamiStudent Research Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Zohreh ShahhosseiniSexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1288-2277
Soghra KhaniSexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Forouzan ElyasiPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6872-481X
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsAs a chronic inflammatory disease, endometriosis (EMS) is often associated with pain affecting different aspects of women's lives. Up to now, a wide variety of interventions have been implemented to alleviate pain in patients with this condition, including pharmacological, surgical, and rarely non-pharmacological ones. Against this background, this review aimed to investigate pain-focused psychological interventions among EMS women.

methodsA systematic review of the articles published in this field was conducted through a comprehensive search on the databases of Scopus, PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, the Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and Scientific Information Database (SID). The quality of studies was then assessed by the Jadad Scale.

resultsIn total, 10 articles were entered into this systematic review. The findings further revealed that the pain-focused psychological interventions in patients with EMS were cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (n = 2), mindfulness therapy (n = 4), yoga (n = 2), psychoeducation (n = 1), and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) training (n = 1). Besides, the findings established that all the given interventions had improved and reduced pain in women living with this condition. Moreover, five articles were of good quality based on the Jadad Scale.

conclusionThe study results demonstrated that all the listed psychological interventions had affected pain relief and improvement in women suffering from EMS. Considering the limited number of studies in this field and the fact that there were only five articles endowed with good quality, more high-quality studies could provide stronger evidence to support the implementation of the mentioned interventions influencing pain in patients.

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Cognitive Behavioral TherapyEndometriosisFemaleHumansPainPain ManagementPsychosocial Interventionchronic pelvic painendometriosispainpsychological intervention

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PMID37366616
PMCPMC10496056
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