Caterina Grano

BACKGROUND: While existing studies have predominantly focused on negative body image and its potential link to female sexual distress in women with endometriosis, no studies have investigated how positive body image (ie, body functionality …

Abstract Study question Does pain catastrophizing mediate the relationship between pain interference and depression in women with endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain (CPP)? Summary answer In women with endometriosis and CPP, catastrop…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a prevalent condition characterised by chronic pelvic pain, significantly impacting women's quality of life and well-being. Pain catastrophizing is a cognitive tendency of exaggerated worrying, a sense of helple…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a prevalent chronic gynecological condition characterized by severe pelvic pain, negatively affecting women's health-related quality of life. The Common-Sense Model of Illness Self-regulation has revealed the im…

Endometriosis-related pain may be associated with depressive symptoms. Although a growing body of evidence supports this association, the underlying mechanisms are still largely unclear. Impaired perceptions of bodily external and internal …

PURPOSE: Since pediatric surgeons aim to follow their patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) into adulthood the aim of this study was to investigate how pediatric surgeons deal with sexual issues related to ARM. METHODS: In 2018, a qu…