This recent bit of research is an eye-opener for all General Practitioners.
The first population-based study of pelvic pain in Australia has found that general practitioners need to be aware of the high prevalence of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women and be ready to discuss the issue with patients, particularly in relation to underlying issues of anxiety and depression.
The research, which is published in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, also found correlations between CPP and other health conditions and women’s sexual health and reproductive histories.
Professor Marian Pitts, Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, and her co-authors analysed data from nearly 2,000 Australian women aged 16 - 49 years who were still menstruating and sexually active.
A key finding of their study was the high prevalence of pelvic pain, with only one in four participants reporting no pelvic pain of any kind.
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