Abstract

REGINA DE SOUSA, TATIANE; QUEIROZ, ANA PAULA; ASSUMPCAO BARON, RODRIGO  and  FLORES SPERANDIO, FABIANA. Prevalência dos sintomas da endometriose. : Revisão Sistemática. CES Med. [online]. 2015, vol.29, n.2, pp.211-226. ISSN 0120-8705.

Objectives: to establish what its the prevalence of symptoms in women with endometriosis, taking into account the epidemiological information and the commitment of the systems suffer from it. Data Source: The survey was conducted in the databases: Medline (Ovid Web); Scopus and PubMed. Review methods: We included studies published since 2009. The studies were assessed by two independent reviewers who assessed the title and the summary and then crossed the data, discrepancies were analyzed by a third reviewer. After this process the full texts were analyzed and extracted data relevant to research. Results: The studies reveal that the symptoms related to the reproductive system are the most characteristic in endometriosis frame. Whites women with college degrees and average age of 34 years are the most affected. And it delays the diagnosis time is around 5 years. Conclusions: The main prevalent symptoms found in this review were dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia, but secondary symptoms such as depression has also become significant. They appear mainly in Caucasian women of reproductive age, emphasizing close to the menstrual period, where the estrogen is present in larger quantities, and relieving with pregnancy and menopause.

Keywords : Endometriosis; Dysmenorrhea; Pelvic pain; Infertility; Dyspareunia; Prevalence.

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