Table 3.
Impact of pelvic pain symptoms on daily life.
| Variable | Endometriosis | CPP |
|---|---|---|
| Period pain prevented attending work or carrying out daily activities in the last 3 monthsb | N/511 (%) | N/166 (%) |
| Never | 58 (11.4) | 9 (5.4) |
| Occasionally (in 1 of my last 3 periods) | 150 (29.4) | 41 (24.7) |
| Often (in 2 of my last 3 periods) | 136 (26.6) | 51 (30.7) |
| Always (in all of my last 3 periods) | 167 (32.7) | 65 (39.2) |
| Pelvic pain during sex, or within 24 h, within the last 3 monthsb | N/617 (%) | N/178 (%) |
| Not applicable: I have not had sex in the last 3 months | 119 (19.3) | 35 (19.7) |
| No | 63 (10.2) | 13 (7.3) |
| Yes | 418 (67.7) | 122 (68.5) |
| I don't wish to answer these questions | 17 (2.8) | 8 (4.5) |
| Frequency of pelvic pain during sex, or within 24 hb | N/416 (%) | N/121 (%) |
| Never | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.8) |
| Occasionally (with less than a quarter of my periods) | 75 (18) | 26 (21.5) |
| Often (a quarter to half of the times) | 69 (16.6) | 17 (14) |
| Usually (more than half of the times) | 120 (28.8) | 34 (28.1) |
| Always (every time) | 148 (35.6) | 42 (34.7) |
| Can't remember | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
| N/420 (%) | N/122 (%) | |
| Ever interrupted sex because of pelvic painb | 339 (80.7) | 100 (82) |
| N/418 (%) | N/122 (%) | |
| Ever avoided sex because of pelvic painb | 338 (80.9) | 99 (81.1) |
| N/476 (%) | N/127 (%) | |
| CPP ever affecting personal relationship negativelyb | 368 (77.3) | 95 (74.8) |
| How did it affect relationships?a b | N/368 (%) | N/95 (%) |
| Caused significant problems with partner | 245 (66.6) | 64 (67.4) |
| Created problems with family | 107 (29.1) | 30 (31.6) |
| Caused a relationship to split | 80 (21.7) | 12 (12.6) |
| Made it difficult to look after children | 76 (20.7) | 29 (30.5) |
| Affected friendships | 218 (59.2) | 53 (55.8) |
| N/477 (%) | N/127 (%) | |
| Lost time to education due to chronic pelvic painb | 318 (66.7) | 85 (66.9) |
| Effect on educationa b | N/318 (%) | N/85 (%) |
| Gave up studies | 76 (23.9) | 19 (22.4) |
| Changed studies | 35 (11) | 6 (7.1) |
| Delayed exams or postponed assignments | 169 (53.1) | 45 (52.9) |
| Other | 87 (27.4) | 30 (35.3) |
| Chronic pelvic pain affecting jobb | N/474 (%) | N/124 (%) |
| Yes | 363 (76.6) | 90 (72.6) |
| No | 74 (15.6) | 15 (12.1) |
| N/A—not employed in the last 12 months | 37 (7.8) | 19 (15.3) |
| How did it affect work?b | N/363 (%) | N/90 (%) |
| Lost job | 47 (12.9) | 7 (7.8) |
| Changed job | 41 (11.3) | 8 (8.9) |
| Reduced work hours | 191 (52.6) | 49 (54.4) |
| Other | 161 (44.4) | 39 (43.3) |
| N/473 (%) | N/121 (%) | |
| Scared to tell their employer about CPP because of fear that it might affect your prospectsb | 345 (72.9) | 87 (71.9) |
aRespondents were able to select more than one option.
bRespondents were not required to answer all question fields in the survey.