Abstract
This is a cross-sectional and qualitative study in which we assessed the quality of life of 640 women with endometriosis through the application of the EHP-30 questionnaire, as the disease causes significant psychological impacts on an emotional level due to several factors such as chronic pain, infertility, reduced activities, social isolation, economic impact, interference in affective and family relationships, among others that affect the quality of life of these women. We found that 66.43% had a low quality of life. The Pain dimension affected 78.04% of the participants. Women with ages between 14-20 and 41-53 years were the most affected by pain. The Children section was little impacted, affecting only 22.99% of women. The Pregnancy section showed greater relevance in the quality of life characterized by infertility, reaching 55.34% of women. The Treatment section, the second most impacting factor, reached 40.39% of the participants. Among women, 32.26% reported avoiding sexual intercourse due to dyspareunia and 40.39% were frustrated with their own treatment. It is concluded that the pain resulted from endometriosis affects the social life of women, changes their sexual interest, changes their conception of women due to infertility, causes mood changes, depression and irritability reducing their quality of life.