title: Measurement of pain and anthropometric parameters in women with chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse anthropometric parameters, clinical pain and experimental pain in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one women with a clinical diagnosis of CPP, mean age of 40.03 ± 9.97 years, submitted to anthropometric evaluation based on body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (%BF) using bioimpedance body composition monitor; pain intensity was determined by visual analogue scale (VAS), numerical categorical scale (NCS) and McGill Pain Questionnaire; experimental pain was determined by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and anxiety and depression symptoms were determined by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 54.8% of the women showed %BF >32 risk of disease associated with obesity. Regarding the anthropometric data, a statistically significant difference was observed between groups for both BMI and %BF (P<0.0001). In the analysis of pain intensity by the VAS, NCS and total McGill, there was no significant difference between the groups, and experimental pain by TENS revealed significant difference only between the normal weight and overweight groups (P=0.0154). The results of anxiety symptoms were above the cut-off point in all groups, with no significant difference between them (P=0.3710). The depression symptoms were below the cut-off point in the normal weight group and above the cut-off point in the overweight and obese groups, 9.469(4.501) and 9.741(4.848), respectively, with no significant difference between them (P=0.6476).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evaluation of anthropometric parameters and pain measurements can be applied in clinical practice, making a contribution to the diagnosis and influencing the choice of a more effective treatment for women with CPP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Beatriz Ferreira
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gurian
authors.forename: Andréia Moreira de Souza
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mitidieri
authors.forename: Joyce Beatriz
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Ana Paula Moreira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pazin
authors.forename: Omero Benedicto
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Poli-Neto
authors.forename: Antônio Alberto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Francisco José Candido
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: dos Reis
authors.forename: Júlio César
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rosa-e-Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000150:complications*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
keywords: evaluation; patient-centered care; public health