Abstract

CAMPO-ARIAS, Adalberto. A systematic review of population prevalence studies regarding chronic pelvic pain in females, 2004-2009. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2010, vol.61, n.4, pp.329-334. ISSN 0034-7434.

Introduction: chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a syndrome having high prevalence in females in the general population and is one of the most frequent causes for them to consult health services. However, there have been no recent systematic reviews of CPP prevalence in the general community during the last five years. Objective: ascertaining CPP prevalence in females in the general population in studies published between January 2005 and December 2009. Materials and methods: a systematic review was made of articles reporting CPP prevalence in adult females in the general population. Articles were included which had been published in Spanish, English or Portuguese between January 2005 and December 2009. Systematic reviews were excluded. The search was carried out in BIREME, EBSCO, IMBIOMED, LILACS, MEDLINE, Ovid and ProQuest.The Health Sciences Descriptors used were: dolor pélvico (crónico) ("chronic pelvic pain"; "dor pélvica"), mujeres ("women" o "female"; "mulheres"), adulto ("adult"; "adulto"), epidemiología ("epidemiology"; "epidemiologia") and prevalencia ("prevalence"; "prevalência"). A qualitative analysis was made of the data. Results: 79 titles were found, of which 4 studies were included which dealt with some communities in Australia, the USA, Austria and New Zealand which found 5.7% to 26.5% CPP prevalence. Conclusions: CPP prevalence is variable in females. More studies should be carried out in the general population in both developed and developing countries.

Keywords : chronic pelvic pain; prevalence; female; adult; systematic review.

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