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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The burden of endometriosis: Costs and quality of life of women with endometriosis and treated in referral centres
Human Reproduction, Volume 27, No. 5, Year 2012
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Background This study aimed to calculate costs and health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis-associated symptoms treated in referral centres. Methods A prospective, multi-centre, questionnaire-based survey measured costs and quality of life in ambulatory care and in 12 tertiary care centres in 10 countries. The study enrolled women with a diagnosis of endometriosis and with at least one centre-specific contact related to endometriosis-associated symptoms in 2008. The main outcome measures were health care costs, costs of productivity loss, total costs and quality-adjusted life years. Predictors of costs were identified using regression analysis. Results Data analysis of 909 women demonstrated that the average annual total cost per woman was ¢9579 (95 confidence interval ¢8559¢10 599). Costs of productivity loss of ¢6298 per woman were double the health care costs of ¢3113 per woman. Health care costs were mainly due to surgery (29), monitoring tests (19) and hospitalization (18) and physician visits (16). Endometriosis-associated symptoms generated 0.809 quality-adjusted life years per woman. Decreased quality of life was the most important predictor of direct health care and total costs. Costs were greater with increasing severity of endometriosis, presence of pelvic pain, presence of infertility and a higher number of years since diagnosis. Conclusions Our study invited women to report resource use based on endometriosis-associated symptoms only, rather than drawing on a control population of women without endometriosis. Our study showed that the economic burden associated with endometriosis treated in referral centres is high and is similar to other chronic diseases (diabetes, Crohns disease, rheumatoid arthritis). It arises predominantly from productivity loss, and is predicted by decreased quality of life. © 2012 The Autho.
Authors & Co-Authors
Simoens, Steven R.A.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Dunselman, Gerard A.J.
Netherlands, Maastricht
Universiteit Maastricht
Hummelshøj, Lone
Unknown Affiliation
Bokor, Attila Z.
Hungary, Budapest
Semmelweis Egyetem
Canis, Michel J.
France, Clermont-ferrand
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-ferrand
Colombo, Giorgio Lorenzo
Italy, Pavia
Università Degli Studi Di Pavia
Falcone, Tommaso
United States, Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Horne, Andrew W.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Lebovic, Dan I.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Mueller, Michael David
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Viganò, Paola
Italy, Milan
Università Degli Studi Di Milano
D'Hooghe, Thomas Maria
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 752
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 15
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/humrep/des073
ISSN:
02681161
Research Areas
Disability
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Female