The lived experience of young women with endometriosis in South Africa: An exploration of chronic pain with regards to physical, psychological, and social wellbeing
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Endometriosis is a common disorder affecting many young women of reproductive age
physically, socially, and psychologically. The disease is largely considered from a biomedical
perspective and there is a paucity of literature on the psychological impact on women with
endometriosis, particularly in South Africa. Women with endometriosis are often impacted
physically in terms of infertility and chronic pain; socially in terms of their intimate relationships
and sexual intimacies; as well as psychologically through their enhanced experiences of anxiety
and stress.
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Magister Artium (Psychology) - MA(Psych)
Keywords
Young women, Anxiety, Intimate relationships, Sexual intimacies, Psychological wellbeing