Endometriosis Patients in the Postmenopausal Period: Pre- and Postmenopausal Factors Influencing Postmenopausal Health

Table 3

Correlation coefficients for associations between parameters for the patient’s medical history and health status, on the one hand, and postmenopausal impairment of sexual life and pain intensity, on the other hand.

	General intensity of pain	Pain intensity during; sexual intercourse	Impairment of sexual life
General medical history
Allergies	0.386∗	0.171	0.210
Hysterectomy without adnexa	−0.335∗	−0.284	−0.271
Hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy	0.412∗	0.447∗∗	0.445∗∗
Bilateral adnexectomy	0.258	0.425∗	0.424∗
Premenopausal period
General pain	0.276	0.135	0.244
General pain intensity	−0.022	0.228	0.226
Pain during sexual intercourse	0.284	0.354∗	0.287
Pain intensity during sexual intercourse	0.370∗	0.385∗	0.287
Effect of endometriosis on sexual life	0.385∗	0.625∗∗	0.607∗∗
Poor general condition	0.483∗∗	0.248	0.244
Physical restriction due to endometriosis	0.500∗∗	0.427∗	0.336∗
Physical restrictions during
Strenuous activities	0.460∗∗	0.359∗	0.300
Moderately strenuous activities	0.516∗∗	0.410∗	0.287
Carrying shopping bag	0.461∗∗	0.366∗	0.341∗
Climbing steps	0.453∗∗	0.564∗∗	0.362∗
Climbing one step	0.353∗	0.359∗	0.306
Bending/kneeling/stooping	0.643∗∗	0.588∗∗	0.401∗
Walking 1 km	0.548∗∗	0.496∗∗	0.385∗
Bathing/dressing	0.256	0.260	0.089
Psychological problems	0.530∗∗	0.514∗∗	0.453∗∗
Impairment of social contacts	0.500∗∗	0.507∗∗	0.506∗∗
Impairment of everyday living/work	0.182	0.433∗∗	0.496∗∗
Postmenopausal period
Pain during urination	0.409∗	0.443∗∗	0.482∗∗
Increased urinary urgency	0.396∗	0.438∗∗	0.367∗
Physical restriction due to endometriosis	0.676∗∗	0.691∗∗	0.605∗∗
Physical restrictions during
Strenuous activities	0.553∗∗	0.499∗∗	0.402∗
Moderately strenuous activities	0.596∗∗	0.512∗∗	0.501∗∗
Carrying shopping bag	0.553∗∗	0.396∗	0.467∗∗
Climbing steps	0.606∗∗	0.389∗	0.170
Climbing one step	0.516∗∗	0.376∗	0.293
Bending/kneeling/stooping	0.658∗∗	0.643∗∗	0.456∗∗
Walking 1 km	0.644∗∗	0.441∗∗	0.349∗
Bathing/dressing	0.406∗	0.092	0.031
Psychological problems	0.471∗∗	0.435∗∗	0.407∗
Impairment of everyday living/work	0.706∗∗	0.459∗∗	0.548∗∗

^∗𝑃<0.05.
^∗∗𝑃<0.01.