TY - JOUR
T1 - “Free butterflies will come out of these deep wounds”: A grounded theory of how endometriosis affects women’s psychological health
AU - Facchin, Federica
AU - Saita, Emanuela
AU - Barbara, Giussy
AU - Dridi, Dhouha
AU - Vercellini, Paolo
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This study aimed to develop a grounded theory of how endometriosis affects psychological health. Open interviews were conducted with 74 patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to all women, who were divided into distressed versus non-distressed. At the core of our grounded theory was the notion of disruption due to the common features of living with endometriosis. Experiencing disruption (vs restoring continuity) involved higher distress and was associated with a long pathway to diagnosis, bad doctor–patient relationships, poor physical health, lack of support, negative sense of female identity, and identification of life with endometriosis.
AB - This study aimed to develop a grounded theory of how endometriosis affects psychological health. Open interviews were conducted with 74 patients. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was administered to all women, who were divided into distressed versus non-distressed. At the core of our grounded theory was the notion of disruption due to the common features of living with endometriosis. Experiencing disruption (vs restoring continuity) involved higher distress and was associated with a long pathway to diagnosis, bad doctor–patient relationships, poor physical health, lack of support, negative sense of female identity, and identification of life with endometriosis.
KW - disruption
KW - endometriosis
KW - grounded theory
KW - psychological distress
KW - psychological health
KW - disruption
KW - endometriosis
KW - grounded theory
KW - psychological distress
KW - psychological health
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/94462
UR - http://hpq.sagepub.com/content/by/year
U2 - 10.1177/1359105316688952
DO - 10.1177/1359105316688952
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 23
SP - 538
EP - 549
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
ER -