Table 1.
Alterations to current and planned treatments.
| Alterations to treatments |
Global (N = 6,603) |
Europe (N = 4,433) |
Oceania (N = 374) |
North America (N = 961) |
Latin America and Caribbean (N = 649) |
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| No impact | 4,267 | 64.62 | 2,898 | 65.37 | 231 | 61.76 | 597 | 62.12 | 419 | 64.56 |
| Difficulty with repeat prescriptions | 1,337 | 20.25 | 853 | 19.24 | 105 | 28.07 | 205 | 21.33 | 127 | 19.57 |
| Change hormone treatments | 295 | 4.47 | 207 | 4.67 | 9 | 2.41 | 42 | 4.37 | 25 | 3.85 |
| Change painkillers | 459 | 6.95 | 331 | 7.47 | 29 | 7.75 | 50 | 5.20 | 34 | 5.24 |
| Stop hormone treatments | 222 | 3.36 | 150 | 3.38 | 7 | 1.87 | 24 | 2.50 | 32 | 4.93 |
| Stop painkillers | 434 | 6.57 | 295 | 6.65 | 26 | 6.95 | 55 | 5.72 | 44 | 6.78 |
| Alterations to planned treatments |
Global (N = 4,943) |
Europe (N = 3,266) |
Oceania (N = 264) |
North America (N = 676) |
Latin America and Caribbean (N = 587) |
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Gynaecologist appointments cancelled/postponed | 2,473 | 50.03 | 1,696 | 51.93 | 88 | 33.33 | 294 | 43.49 | 321 | 54.68 |
| GP appointments cancelled/postponed | 726 | 14.69 | 455 | 13.93 | 27 | 10.23 | 121 | 17.90 | 96 | 16.35 |
| Surgeries cancelled/postponed | 1,333 | 26.97 | 840 | 25.72 | 112 | 42.42 | 222 | 32.84 | 128 | 21.81 |
| Fertility treatments cancelled/postponed | 591 | 11.96 | 400 | 12.25 | 25 | 9.47 | 75 | 11.09 | 76 | 12.95 |
Global and regional results for Europe, Oceania, North America, Latin America, and Caribbean to the questions “Has the pandemic altered the availability of your treatments for endometriosis?” and “Has the pandemic altered your planned treatments relating to endometriosis?” For clarity, the table includes answers that had more than 5% frequency. Regions are defined as per the WHO recommendations (https://www.ghsindex.org/). Data presented as frequencies (No.) and percentages (%). Percentages are calculated using the number of responders in each region for each question as the denominator.