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. 2021 Sep 29;2:662732. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2021.662732

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)
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)
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.