@misc{10481/63149,
year = {2020},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63149},
abstract = {Aim: To explore endometriosis-related fatigue (ERF), health-related fitness, sleep quality,
and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in women with endometriosis in comparison with
matched controls. Methods: Twenty-five affected women and twenty-five age and height-matched
women without endometriosis were included. ERF was assessed through the Piper Fatigue Scale;
health-related fitness was assessed through the Schöber, flamingo, and 6-min walking tests and
dynamometry; and body composition was assessed through impedanciometry. Self-perceived
physical fitness, sleep quality, and HRQoL were assessed through the International Fitness Scale, the
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, respectively. Results:
Affected women exhibited higher levels of ERF than controls, increased fat mass, and physical
deconditioning (reduced back strength, lumbar flexibility, body balance, and functional capacity,
p-values < 0.050). Moreover, cases also had poorer perceived physical fitness, sleep quality, and
HRQoL (p-value < 0.050). Finally, we observed deteriorated health-related fitness, sleep quality,
and HRQoL in those women with endometriosis with higher levels of ERF. Conclusions: This
study constitutes the first evidence that women with endometriosis describe a generalized physical
deconditioning, even more pronounced in affected women with higher levels of ERF. Further studies
assessing the efficacy of rehabilitation interventions to face these physical impairments in women
with endometriosis are warranted.},
organization = {Health Institute Carlos III (ISCIII)-FEDER 	
PI17/01743},
organization = {PAIDI group 	
CTS-206},
organization = {University of Granada, Plan Propio de Investigacion 2016, Excellence actions: Units of Excellence; Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES)},
organization = {Junta de Andalucia},
organization = {Consejeria de Conocimiento, Investigacion y Universidades},
organization = {European Union (EU)

SOMM17/6107/UGR},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Chronic fatigue},
keywords = {Endometriosis},
keywords = {Health-related fitness},
keywords = {Health-related quality of life},
keywords = {Sleep quality},
title = {Chronic Fatigue, Physical Impairments and Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis: A Case-Control Study},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph17103610},
author = {Álvarez Salvago, Francisco and Lara Ramos, Antonio and Cantarero Villanueva, Irene and Mazheika, Maryna and Mundo López, Antonio and Galiano Castillo, Noelia and Fernández Lao, Carolina and Arroyo Morales, Manuel and Ocón Hernández, Olga and Artacho Cordón, Francisco},
}