Comparing the quality of life of endometriotic patients’ before and after treatment with normal and infertile patients based on the EHP30 questionnaire

Table 5 Quality of life in the endometriotic patients without infertility via EHP30 questionnaire before and after the treatments

Variable	Type of treatment	Medical group N = 50	Surgical group N = 50	P1	P2	P3
Pain	Before	54.54 ± 18.04	62.22 ± 22.78	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.002
	After	6.29 ± 3.16	5.15 ± 2.73
	Difference	48.26 ± 16.29	57.07 ± 21.89
Control and powerlessness	Before	60.07 ± 22.83	64.69 ± 23.29	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.07
	After	15 ± 7.75	13.64 ± 6.92
	Difference	45.07 ± 19.20	51.05 ± 20.51
Emotional well-being	Before	57.57 ± 19.65	61.48 ± 23.03	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.01
	After	16.46 ± 7.26	14.2 ± 7.21
	Difference	41.11 ± 16.86	47.28 ± 20.02
Social support	Before	56.56 ± 22.72	58.43 ± 23.27	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.008
	After	25.52 ± 10.58	21.02 ± 11.30
	Difference	31.04 ± 18.65	37.41 ± 20.18
Self-image	Before	41.80 ± 21.9	48.39 ± 25.35	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.09
	After	22.64 ± 10.27	20.98 ± 11.54
	Difference	19.17 ± 20.28	27.41 ± 20.74
Total	Before	55.306 ± 17.917	60.679 ± 19.545	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
	After	42.347 ± 15.976	36.111 ± 15.918
	Difference	12.96 ± 14.14	24.57 ± 16.51

All the results are presented as the mean ± SD
P1: P-value refers to comparisons between month 0 and months 3 within the groups (Wilcoxon or paired t test as appropriate)
P2: P-value refers to comparison of the mean among the groups at the end of study (Wilcoxon or paired t test as appropriate)
P3: P-value refers to comparison of the differences among the groups (Kruskal-Wallis test or ANOVA as appropriated)

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