title: Quantification of the impact of endometriosis symptoms on health-related quality of life and work productivity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify the impact of endometriosis-related symptoms on physical and mental health status, health-related quality of life, and work-related aspects (absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivity, and activity impairment).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional quantitative study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic and research institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women (n = 193) with self-reported surgically diagnosed endometriosis from the Endometriosis Patient Registry at Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences (PSMHS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Anonymous questionnaire divided into three sections consisting of questions from the Patient Health Survey (SF-12), the Endometriosis Health Profile (EHP-5), and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Survey (WPAI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantification of impact of endometriosis symptoms on physical and mental health status, health-related quality of life, absenteeism, presenteeism, work productivity, and activity impairment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients had SF-12 scores denoting statistically significant disability in the physical and mental health components. They also reported an average of 7.41 hours (approximately one working day) of work time lost during the week when the symptoms are worse. In addition, the WPAI scores showed a high impact on work-related domains: 13% of average loss in work time (absenteeism), 65% of work impaired (presenteeism), 64% of loss in efficiency levels (work productivity loss), and 60% of daily activities perturbed (activity impairment).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endometriosis symptoms such as chronic, incapacitating pelvic pain and infertility negatively and substantially impact the physical and mental health status, health-related quality of life, and productivity at work of women.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00731, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fourquet
authors.forename: Lorna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Báez
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: R Iván
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Iriarte
authors.forename: Idhaliz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004526:Efficiency; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult