A comparative study of women with chronic pelvic pain, chronic nonpelvic pain and those with no history of pain attending general practitioners

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09356.x
• Publication Date: 2005-08-19T09:07:49Z
• Authors: B. J. Collett; C. J. Cordle; C. R. Stewart; Carol Jagger
• Keywords: Pain catastrophizing

Objective To investigate and compare the demographic psychosocial profiles of women with chronic pelvic pain, pain in a different site, those no history specific reference to sexual abuse. Design A prospective comparative study. Setting Pelvic Pain Clinic at Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust, Management Royal Infirmary Trust two Practices. Participants Thirty 30 site attending their general practitioner pain. Interventions specifically designed patient profile questionnaire identify explore incidents physical abuse was administered each woman by research psychologist for confidential self‐completion. Data were also collected on other demographic, medical characteristics. Results Women found have higher lifetime prevalence abuse, involving penetration or genital contact compared comparison groups. The same all group more likely approached GP symptoms not related than groups incidence clinical anxiety significantly this pain‐free group. problems much Conclusion These findings indicate that past