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Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain.

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Stout, AL; Steege, JF; Dodson, WC; Hughes, CL
Published in: Am J Obstet Gynecol
January 1991

An assessment battery including standardized measures of behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with other chronic pain conditions was administered to 102 women scheduled for laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons who were blinded to the patient's self-reported pain data completed the American Fertility Society classification for endometriosis and adhesions on the basis of observed physical disease. Although American Fertility Society classification scores were significantly related to self-assignment into pain or no-pain groups, the extent of physical disease evaluated by this procedure was not significantly correlated with ratings of pain levels or a number of indexes of impairment. The group of patients with laparoscopically diagnosed pathologic conditions reported higher pain levels and greater interference than the group who reported pain and had negative laparoscopic results; however, some women with observable pathologic conditions reported no pain symptoms.

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Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

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ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

January 1991

Volume

164

Issue

1 Pt 1

Start / End Page

73 / 79

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Self-Assessment
  • Pelvis
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Laparoscopy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine
 

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Stout, A. L., Steege, J. F., Dodson, W. C., & Hughes, C. L. (1991). Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 164(1 Pt 1), 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(91)90630-a
Stout, A. L., J. F. Steege, W. C. Dodson, and C. L. Hughes. “Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain.Am J Obstet Gynecol 164, no. 1 Pt 1 (January 1991): 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9378(91)90630-a.
Stout AL, Steege JF, Dodson WC, Hughes CL. Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Jan;164(1 Pt 1):73–9.
Stout, A. L., et al. “Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain.Am J Obstet Gynecol, vol. 164, no. 1 Pt 1, Jan. 1991, pp. 73–79. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0002-9378(91)90630-a.
Stout AL, Steege JF, Dodson WC, Hughes CL. Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Jan;164(1 Pt 1):73–79.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

January 1991

Volume

164

Issue

1 Pt 1

Start / End Page

73 / 79

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Self-Assessment
  • Pelvis
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Laparoscopy
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine