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Association Between Age Of Women When Diagnosed With Endometriosis And Infertility, Whitney Kennedy
Association Between Age Of Women When Diagnosed With Endometriosis And Infertility, Whitney Kennedy
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Abstract
Because endometriosis is considered to be the primary cause of infertility in women and
the diagnosis is known to be delayed by many years, it is important to understand the
association between endometriosis and infertility. The purpose of this cross-sectional,
secondary data analysis study was to determine whether there was an association between
the age of women when diagnosed with endometriosis and infertility. Using the general
model of total patient delay (i.e., the Andersen model) as a theoretical foundation, data
for this study was collected by assessing patient medical records of women with
endometriosis at multiple OB-GYN clinics in …