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Table 2 Themes and categories

From: Patients’ and physicians’ descriptions of occurrence and diagnosis of endometriosis: a qualitative study from Iran

Themes

Categories

Pain localization

 
 

Abdominal pain

 

Headache

 

Low back pain

 

Anal pain

 

Mastalgia

 

Lower limb pain

Severity of pain and struggle for pain relief

 
 

Severity and type of pain

 

Pain response to different actions

Feeling inability to play the role of femininity

 
 

Dyspareunia

 

Infertility

Reducing physical health

 
 

Menstrual disturbances

 

Digestive Disorders

 

Urinary Disorders

 

Complaint of irritating cyst

 

Pelvic infection problems

Disruption of social life

 
 

Impairment in daily activities

 

Emotional and communicational disturbances

Looking for a reliable diagnostic indicator

 
 

Association the symptoms with marriage

 

Family history

 

Use of ultrasound

 

Use of laparoscopy

 

Use of imaging techniques

 

Use of biomarker

 

Confusion in diagnosis

Uncertainty of physical examination

 
 

Feeling discomfort during examination

 

Physical examination findings