Table 2.
Diagnostic delay and pelvic pain symptoms.
| Variable | Endometriosis Mean (SD) |
CPP Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
| Age when symptoms first startedb |
16.9 (6.1) N = 613 |
18.7 (6.8) N = 178 |
| Time between symptom onset and 1st doctors visit (years)b |
2.9 (4.04) N = 604 |
2.4 (3.6) N = 176 |
| Time between 1st doctors visit and diagnosis of endometriosis (years)b |
5.8 (5.7) N = 615 |
NA |
| Number of doctors seen before diagnosis of endometriosis b |
4.8 (3.77) N = 613 |
NA |
| Pelvic pain symptoms at onset of symptomsa | N/620 (%) | N/180 (%) |
| Severe dysmenorrhoea | 550 (88.7) | 157 (87.2) |
| Non-cyclical pelvic pain | 399 (64.4) | 128 (71.1) |
| Ovulation pain | 286 (46.1) | 87 (48.3) |
| Chronic fatigue | 287 (46.3) | 82 (45.6) |
| Cyclical/peri-menstrual symptoms | 248 (40) | 74 (41.1) |
| Deep dyspareunia | 173 (27.9) | 52 (28.9) |
| Subfertility | 45 (7.3) | 10 (5.6) |
| N/617 (%) | N/180 (%) | |
| Pelvic pain with periods in the last 3 monthsb | 515 (83.5) | 166 (92.2) |
| Pelvic pain frequencyb | N/513 (%) | N/165 (%) |
| Occasionally (with 1 of my last 3 periods) | 30 (5.8) | 5 (3) |
| Often (with 2 in 3 of my last 3 periods) | 54 (10.5) | 13 (7.9) |
| Always (with all of my last 3 periods) | 429 (83.6) | 147 (89.1) |
| N/515 (%) | N/166 (%) | |
| Taken prescribed painkillersb | 393 (76.3) | 128 (77.1) |
| N/513 (%) | N/166 (%) | |
| Taken over the counter painkillers | 426 (83) | 128 (77.1) |
aRespondents were able to select more than one option.
bRespondents were not required to answer all question fields in the survey.