Menopause care at all endometriosis clinics - Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All legal disclaimers apply. AbstractThis study was conducted to determine the effect of Endometriosis Nursing Care Program (ENCP), developed in line with Health Promotion Model for women with endometriosis, on women's quality of life and healthy lifestyle behaviours. This prospective, single-centre, randomized controlled trial was conducted with 46 women diagnosed with endometriosis who applied to the Endometriosis Outpatient Clinic of a training research hospital. Women with an Endometriosis Health Profile Questionnaire-5 (EHP-5) score ≥ 22 indicating reduced quality of life were included. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 23) receiving Endometriosis Nursing Care Program (ENCP) or a control group (n = 23) receiving routine care. The ENCP consisted of two individual 60-min sessions delivered two weeks apart. The primary outcome was change in quality of life measured by EHP-5.

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Adolescents, gender-diverse people and those with lived experience are underrepresented in endometriosis guidelines worldwide, a University of Queensland study has found. The global study, with researchers from the World Health Organization, World Endometriosis Society senior board members, and patient group representatives, analyzed endometriosis guidelines from 47 countries including 19 published in languages other than English.

RCIPosted: October 12, 2026 9:43 AMJorge Barrera (new window) · CBC News Noelle Menu, 37, says the pain began to darken her reality at a pivotal moment in her life — once she and her husband decided to try for kids, when she was 26. She stopped taking her birth control, which she had been on for a long period, and said she began experiencing pain she'd never had before. The pain came to define and limit her life, she said, and it seemed nothing could relieve it. She suffered through delays in diagnosis, as well as emergency room visits, a hysterectomy and being placed on waitlists stretching years to see specialists and receive treatment.

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