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OBJECTIVE:To understand women's experiences of coping with endometriosis, and impact on their lives. DESIGN:Women accessed an online questionnaire through a U.K.-based endometriosis charity website. METHODS:Thirty-four women, aged 22-56 years, with self-reported medically-diagnosed endometriosis, 30 of whom were White, responded to open-ended questions, analysed using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS:Participants spoke about their lives being a constant struggle, where they tried to maintain their personal and working lives whilst dealing with long-term pain. Women had to 'battle' for an accurate diagnosis, and had limited faith in health professionals. Coping strategies included avoidance of social events to conserve energy (self-pacing), and avoiding taking painkillers to retain alertness. Women did not feel able to be honest with family and friends about their symptoms, and felt socially isolated and misunderstood. CONCLUSIONS:Implications for health professionals are discussed, including the need for earlier diagnosis and taking women's symptoms more seriously at referral; understanding the need to conserve energy in the context of long-term pain; that not taking pain medication may be an active choice to retain alertness; and that avoiding being honest with friends and family and subsequent feelings of isolation may be common experiences relevant to designing treatment programmes.
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Psychol Healthjournal_title
Psychology & healthauthors
Grogan S,Turley E,Cole Jdoi
10.1080/08870446.2018.1496252subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
1364-1378issue
11eissn
0887-0446issn
1476-8321journal_volume
33pub_type
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