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Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis in Northeast Italy: A Data Linkage Study

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Morassutto, Caterina, Monasta, Lorenzo, Ricci, Giuseppe, Barbone, Fabio, Ronfani, Luca·2016·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0154227PMC PMC4839734
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Despite being quite frequent and having serious implications in terms of symptomatology and fertility, data on incidence and prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis following gold standard definitions are dramatically lacking. The average time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis in industrialized countries still ranges from five to ten years. Using the regional centralized data linkage system, we calculated incidence and prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in the female population of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Italy, for the years 2011-2013. Cases were defined as new diagnoses from hospital discharge records, following procedures allowing direct visualization for endometriosis and hysterectomy for adenomyosis, with or without histological confirmation. Diagnoses were considered "new" after verifying women had not been diagnosed in the previous ten years. Incidence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in women aged 15-50 years is 0.14%. Prevalence, estimated from incidence, is 2.00%. Adenomyosis, representing 28% of all diagnoses, becomes increasingly prevalent after the age of 50 years. Our results shows how the study of both endometriosis and adenomyosis should not be limited to women of premenopausal age. Further efforts are needed to sensitize women and health professional, and to find new data linkage possibilities to identify undiagnosed cases.

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Fig 1 Age-specific incidence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in FVG in the years 2011–2013. The black line represents incidence of histologically confirmed diagnoses, while the grey line represents incidence of inpatient diagnoses supported by laparoscopy or another surgical procedure allowing direct visualization, regardless of the histological confirmation.
Fig 1 Age-specific incidence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in FVG in the years 2011–2013. The black line represents incidence of histologically confirmed diagnoses, while the grey line represents incidence of inpatient diagnoses supported by laparoscopy or another surgical procedure allowing direct visualization, regardless of the histological confirmation.CC BY · PubMed Central
Fig 2 Age-specific prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in FVG in the years 2011–2013. The black line represents the prevalence of diagnoses based on hysterectomy and histology, while the grey line represents the prevalence of diagnoses supported by hysterectomy, regardless of histological confirmation.
Fig 2 Age-specific prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis in FVG in the years 2011–2013. The black line represents the prevalence of diagnoses based on hysterectomy and histology, while the grey line represents the prevalence of diagnoses supported by hysterectomy, regardless of histological confirmation.CC BY · PubMed Central

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  1. 2012, Disposizioni per la tutela delle donne affette da endometriosi, Bollettino Ufficiale Regionale Friuli Venezia Giulia, 42, 11

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Authors
Morassutto, C., Monasta, L., Ricci, G., Barbone, F., & Ronfani, L.
Affiliations
  • IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo (IT)
  • University of Trieste (IT)
  • University of Udine (IT)
Corresponding author
Monasta, Lorenzo
ORCID
Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2016-04-21
Volume
11
Issue
4
Pages
e0154227
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0154227
PMC
PMC4839734
OpenAlex
W2341654050
Cited by
157
References
29
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FWCI
13.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Regional Health Authority of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Dec. 979/Pren. 16/10/2014)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
Keywords
endometriosis, adenomyosis, incidence, prevalence, data linkage, hospital discharge data, hysterectomy, delayed diagnosis, women's health, Friuli Venezia Giulia
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Endometriosis, Female, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, Registries, Incidence, Prevalence, Information Storage and Retrieval, Young Adult, Adenomyosis

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