High prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil and direct association with abdominal surgery

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Gabriela Pagano de Oliveira Goncalves da
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Nascimento, Anderson Luís do, Michelazzo, Daniela, Alves Junior, Fernando Filardi, Rocha, Marcelo Gondim, Silva, Júlio César Rosa e, Reis, Francisco José Candido dos, Nogueira, Antonio Alberto, Poli Neto, Omero Benedicto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Clinics
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/clinics/article/view/19251
• topic: Chronic Pelvic Pain; Prevalence; Public Health^i1^sAbdominal Surg; Cesarean Section

INTRODUCTION: Chronic pelvic pain is a disease that directly affects the social and professional lives of women. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of this clinical condition and to identify independent factors associated with it in women living in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. METHODS: A one-year cross-sectional study was conducted in a population sample of 1,278 women over the age of 1,278 women over the age of 14 years. The target population was predominantly composed of women who are treated by the public health system. The questionnaire was administered by interviewers who were not linked to the city health care programs. The prevalence of the morbidity was estimated. First, we identified the significant variables associated with pelvic pain (p