Quality of life of the woman carrier of endometriosis: systematized review

Endometriosis is a progressive and chronic disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the womb location. The main symptoms are dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea and infertility, and affects mainly women in fertile age. It causes numerous problems in various social, psychological and emotional levels. Its incidence ranges from 5 to 15% in the female population of reproductive age. The aim of the study is to describe the women's quality of life with endometriosis and related factors. It is about a systematized review study conducted in electronic databases SciELO and PubMed. The descriptors used were “endometriosis” and “quality of life”, using the advanced search strategy with the Boolean AND. The research period was from March to October 2015. The inclusion criteria were extended to articles published in the last five years in Portuguese and English. The exclusion criteria involved non-original studies, case series, commentaries and editorials. The search resulted in 18 articles divided into three categories. The results indicate that women with endometriosis have quality of life affected, either in the physical, social or mental level. Understanding family members and partner represents an improvement in this confrontation, being, therefore, a specific intervention to improve the quality of life of women with this disease.