Table 2.
Symptoms and diagnosis.
| Endometriosis (n = 340) Mean (SD) |
Chronic pelvic pain (n = 69) Mean (SD) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age when symptoms first appeared | 18 (6) | 21.9 (8.6) | < 0.001* |
| Time between symptom onset and first doctors visit (years) | 2.9 (4.4) | 1.8 (3.4) | 0.07 |
| Time between doctors visit and diagnosis of endometriosis (years) | 4.9 (5.7) | N/A | N/A |
| Number of Doctors seen before diagnosis of endometriosis | 5 (4) | N/A | N/A |
| Number of doctors seen by year of first presentation | |||
| Prior to 2005 | 7.3 (7.0) | N/A | N/A |
| Between 2005 and 2012 | 4.3 (3.2) | N/A | N/A |
| 2013 onwards | 3.9 (2.6) | N/A | N/A |
| Time between year of first presentation and diagnosis | |||
| First sought medical attention before 2005 | 9.9 (6.6) | N/A | N/A |
| First sought medical attention between 2005–2012 | 4.8 (2.6) | N/A | N/A |
| First sought medical attention after 2013 | 1.5 (0.7) | N/A | N/A |
| Symptoms at onset, n (%) | |||
| Severe Dysmenorrhea | 260 (89.4%) | 57 (82.6%) | 0.66 |
| Deep Dyspareunia | 84 (32.3%) | 27 (39.1%) | |
| Pelvic Pain | 229 (78.7%) | 51 (73.9%) | |
| Ovulation pain | 136 (46.7%) | 29 (42%) | |
| Cyclical or peri-menstrual symptoms (e.g. bowel or bladder associated) with or without abnormal bleeding | 111 (38.1%) | 33(47.8%) | |
| Infertility | 22 (7.6%) | 6 (8.7%) | |
| Chronic Fatigue | 113 (38.8%) | 25 (36.2%) | |
| Blank | 25 (7.4%) | 0 (0%) | |
*Represents significance (p < 0.001).