Table 4. Association between chronic pelvic pain, level of depression, and type/level of stress in women with endometriosis.
| n (%) | Chronic pelvic pain (VAS)* | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| No pain (n=16) | Mild/moderate (n=87) | Severe (n=68) | |||
| Stress level† | |||||
| No Stress | 64 (37.4) | 13 (20.3) | 34 (53.1) | 17 (26.6) | |
| Alert/resistence | 89 (52.0) | 3 (3.4) | 49 (55.1) | 37 (41.6) | <0.001‡ |
| Exhaustion/almost exhaustion | 18 (10.5) | 0 (0) | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | |
| Type of stress† | |||||
| No stress | 64 (37.4) | 13 (20.3) | 34 (53.1) | 17 (26.6) | |
| Physical | 24 (14.0) | 1 (4.2) | 11 (45.8) | 12 (50.0) | <0.001§ |
| Psychological | 71 (41.5) | 2 (2.8) | 32 (45.1) | 37 (52.1) | |
| Physical/psychological | 12 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | |
| Depression¶ | |||||
| Minimal/mild | 117 (68.4) | 16 (13.7) | 66 (56.4) | 35 (29.9) | <0.001|| |
| Moderate/Severe | 54 (31.6) | 0 (0) | 21 (38.9) | 33 (61.1) | |
* VAS: 1-3 points for mild pain; 4-7 points for moderate pain; 8-10 points for severe pain; † Lipp’s Stress Symptom Inventory for Adults (LISS), ‡ χ2 test: 26,996, § χ2 test: 24,178, ¶ Beck depression inventory; || χ2 test: 18,656. VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.