App References

 
 

Endometriosis

  1. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS, Saima Rafique & Alan H DeCherney. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5794019/ 

  2. World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis, Neil P. Johnson et, al. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/32/2/315/2631390 

  3. Progress in the diagnosis and management of adolescent endometriosis: an opinion, Giuseppe Benagiano et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29174167/ 

  4. Oral contraceptives and risk of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Paolo Vercellini et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20833638/ 

  5. Information for women with endometriosis, ESHRE. Available at: www.eshre.eu/guidelines 

  6. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis, Gülden Halis et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905889/ 

  7. World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project: II. Clinical and covariate phenotype data collection in endometriosis research, Allison F Vitonis et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25256930/ 

  8. Endometriosis: A concise practical guide to current diagnosis and treatment, İbrahim Alkatout et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29755027/ 

  9. Progestin-only pills may be a better first-line treatment for endometriosis than combined estrogen-progestin contraceptive pills, Robert F Casper. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28162779/ 

  10. Menstruation pulls the trigger for inflammation and pain in endometriosis, Alexis Laux-Biehlmann et al. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165614715000449# 

  11. Pain and Endometriosis. Available at ESHRE - www.eshre.eu 


Chronic Pain

  1. Endometriosis and mechanisms of pelvic pain, Fred M Howard. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19835795/#:~:text=The%20pain%20symptoms%20most%20commonly,to%20endometriosis%2Dassociated%20pelvic%20pain. 

  2. Comparison of patient- and physician-based descriptions of symptoms of endometriosis: a qualitative study, Arnaud Fauconnier et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23900205/ 

  3. Minimal clinically important difference for pain on the VAS scale and the relation to quality of life in women with endometriosis, Karin Wickström & Greta Edelstam. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28844356/ 

  4. Patients With Chronic Pelvic Pain: Endometriosis or Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome? Charles W. Butrick. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015726/ 

  5. Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic pelvic pain: A singular or two different clinical syndrome? Anna Matheis, et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146780/

  6. Peripheral changes in endometriosis-associated pain, Matteo Morotti et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337970/#:~:text=Pain%20remains%20the%20cardinal%20symptom,in%20pain%20generation%20and%20processing. 

  7. Chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis: translational evidence of the relationship and implications, Pamela Stratton & Karen J. Berkley. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072022/ 

  8. Pain typology and incident endometriosis, K.C. Schliep et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573450/ 

  9. What is this thing called pain? Clifford J. Woolf. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965006/  

  10. High rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis, N Sinaii et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12351553/ 

  11. Ovarian endometrioma: severe pelvic pain is associated with deeply infiltrating endometriosis, Charles Chapron et al. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/27/3/702/641341 


Diet and Endometriosis

  1. High-Fat Diet Promotion of Endometriosis in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model is Associated With Altered Peripheral and Ectopic Lesion Redox and Inflammatory Status, Melissa E Heard et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27175969/ 

  2. Seeing red: diet and endometriosis risk, Rosalia C. M. Simmen & Angela S. Kelley. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330594/ 

  3. A prospective study of dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk, Stacey A. Missmer et al. Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873173/ 

  4. A randomised controlled trial of vitamin E in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea, S Ziaei et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15777446/ 

  5. Dietary therapy: a new strategy for management of chronic pelvic pain, Francesco Sesti et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20969811/ 

  6. Harnessing the power of cruciferous vegetables: developing a biomarker for Brassica vegetable consumption using urinary 3,3′-diindolylmethane, Naomi Fujioka et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220883/

  7. What to eat and what to avoid if you have endometriosis, Natalie Butler. Available at: https://www.healthline.com/health/endometriosis/endometriosis-diet

  8. Getting pregnant with endometriosis: Is it possible?, Rachel Nall. Available at: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/getting-pregnant-with-endometriosis

  9. Antioxidant supplementation reduces endometriosis related pelvic pain in humans, Nalai Santanam et al. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484190/

  10. Diet and endometriosis-revisiting the linkages to inflammation, Sofia Lade U Saguyod et al. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2284026518769022

Endometriosis Management (complementary therapies)

  1. Self-management in condition-specific health: a systematic review of the evidence among women diagnosed with endometriosis, Rebecca O'Hara et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31216998/ 

  2. Systematic review and meta‐analysis of complementary treatments for women with symptomatic endometriosis, Ticiana A.A. Mira et al. Available at: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijgo.12576 

  3. Prevalence and use of complementary health approaches among women with chronic pelvic pain in a prospective cohort study, Maria T Chao et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25279935/ 

  4. Yoga breathing through a particular nostril increases spatial memory scores without lateralized effects. K.V Naveen et al. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.555

  5. A qualitative study on the practice of yoga for women with pain-associated endometriosis, A. Goncalves et al. Available at: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2016.0021

  6. Psychological and mind-body interventions for endometriosis: A systematic review. S. Evans et al. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022399919304295

Endometriosis & Sexual Health

  1. Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis of Dyspareunia, LORI J. HEIM. Available at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0415/p1535.html# 

  2. More than just bad sex: sexual dysfunction and distress in patients with endometriosis, N Fritzer et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23642970/ 

Menstruation and Dysmenorrhea

  1. Prevalence, Impact, and Management Practice of Dysmenorrhea among University of Gondar Students, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study, Minaleshewa Biruk Gebeyehu et al. Available at: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijrmed/2017/3208276/ 

  2. Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis in Young Women, Tasuku Harada. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24574576/ 

Self Tracking

  1. Phenotyping Endometriosis through Mixed Membership Models of Self-Tracking Data, Iñigo Urteaga et al. Available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03431 

  2. Designing in the Dark: Eliciting Self-Tracking Dimensions for Understanding Enigmatic Disease, Mollie McKillop, Lena Mamykina & Noémie Elhadad. Available at: http://people.dbmi.columbia.edu/noemie/papers/18chi.pdf 

  3. Developing symptom-based predictive models of endometriosis as a clinical screening tool: results from a multicenter study, Kelechi E Nnoaham et al. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22657249/ 

  4. Self-management in condition-specific health: a systematic review of the evidence among women diagnosed with endometriosis. Rebecca O’Hara et al. Available at:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31216998/ 

  5. The impact of self-monitoring in chronic illness on healthcare utilisation: a systematic review of reviews, Hayley McBain, Michael Shipley & Stanton Newman. Available at: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-015-1221-5 

  6. Exploring the Future Role of Self-Tracking Data in the Rheumatology Clinic, William Hue, Simon Jones, Raj Sengupta. Available at: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/exploring-the-future-role-of-self-tracking-data-in-the-rheumatolo 

  7. Self-tracking, health and medicine, Deborah Lupton. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14461242.2016.1228149  

  8. Validity of self-reported endometriosis and endometriosis-related questions in a Swedish female twin cohort, Rama Saha, Lena Marions, Per Tornvall. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27793372/