At-home yoga for endometriosis-related pain.
- Conditions
- Endometriosis10046828
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON55960
- Lead Sponsor
- Maxima Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 82
• Premenopausal women >= 18 years old.
• Diagnosed with endometriosis (by physical examination, imaging techniques or
laparos-copy).
• Patients who report one of the endometriosis related pain symptoms
dysmenorrhoea, abdominal/pelvic pain or dyspareunia; on average, at least 1 day
per week in the last 3 months, with a minimum average pain score on the
numeric rating scale of 4.
• Ability to understand and speak the Dutch language.
• Owning a smartphone.
• Ability to understand how to utilize the Experience Sampling Method [ESM]
tool.
• Change of hormonal medication during the past one month.
(for example for endometriosis treatment or fertility treatment).
• Surgery planned during the study period.
• Already performing yoga or mindfulness during the past 3 months.
• Any organic explanation for chronic pelvic pain besides endometriosis.
• Pregnancy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Pain reduction on the numeric rating scale [NRS] after 8 weeks.<br /><br>A significant reduction in pain score is defined as a mean difference between<br /><br>groups of at least 1.4 points measured on the NRS.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>• Quality of life<br /><br>• Pain Catastrophizing<br /><br>• Affective Symptoms<br /><br>• Gastrointestinal symptoms<br /><br>• Pain reduction after 4 and 12 weeks<br /><br>• Use of analgesics<br /><br>• Reduction of dysmenorrhoea (if applicable)<br /><br>• Reduction of dyspareunia (if applicable)<br /><br>• The differences in pain reduction assessed by ESM compared to end of day pain<br /><br>scores and end of week pain scores.</p><br>