Endometriosis Self-Management Strategies

Endometriosis Self-Management Strategies: Exploring Empowerment and Abandonment Through Lived Experiences

The goal of this observational study is to document the lived experiences of self-managing endometriosis in people living with endometriosis who live in Europe. The main question it aims to answer is: [How] do support structures across personal, community, healthcare, and institutional levels influence individuals' experiences of empowerment and abandonment in self-managing endometriosis?

Participants will describe the everyday actions they take to live with endometriosis, through diary studies, interviews, and focus groups.

The goal of this observational study is to document the lived experiences of self-managing endometriosis in people living with endometriosis who live in Europe. The main question it aims to answer is: [How] do support structures across personal, community, healthcare, and institutional levels influence individuals' experiences of empowerment and abandonment in self-managing endometriosis?

Participants will describe the everyday actions they take to live with endometriosis, through diary studies, interviews, and focus groups.

Inclusion Criteria:

• living in a European country
• 16 years or older
• having been diagnosed with endometriosis or very likely to have endometriosis based on a previous assessment, even if not having received a definitive surgical diagnosis
• fluent in a language spoken by the research team

Exclusion Criteria:

• not meeting one of the inclusion criteria