Study with endometriosis patients and their partners: helpful aspects, wishes and post-traumatic growth in coping with this disease

• Conditions: endometriosis sufferers and their healthy partners; N80; Endometriosis

• Registration Number: DRKS00031775
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Age of majority, ability to give consent with signed informed consent form, sufficient knowledge of the German language. In the case of affected persons, the diagnosis must be clinically established. If the partner refuses to participate, the patient can also participate as an individual. Conversely, this also applies to the partner.

Exclusion Criteria

underage, unable to give consent, poor knowledge of the German language, self-reported mental risk factors (mental instability, acute psychiatric illness), refusal to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
One of the main aims of the study is to find out whether and which positive changes (in the sense of post-traumatic growth) the affected persons and their partners experience in dealing with their illness. It is also important to find out which aspects of the participants' everyday lives are helpful and supportive in dealing with the disease. For this purpose, interviews are conducted with endometriosis patients and their partners (regardless of the time of diagnosis).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Furthermore, the aim of the study is to identify the wishes and needs of all participants in order to make it easier for them to deal with the disease endometriosis.