Telehealth cognitive behavioural therapy improves health-related quality of life and pain in endometriosis: the Healing Pelvic Pain Intervention (HaPPI)-a randomized controlled trial - PubMed

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Telehealth cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) significantly improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and pain in endometriosis patients.
The study compared CBT, yoga, and education materials, finding CBT superior for improving HRQoL and pain outcomes.
Yoga showed benefits for menstrual symptoms and sexual pain, but CBT had broader efficacy.
The trial involved 334 participants over 8 weeks, with outcomes assessed post-treatment.
CBT demonstrated medium to large effect sizes for pain and HRQoL improvements.
Limitations include the online delivery due to COVID-19, raising questions about face-to-face efficacy.
The study recommends endometriosis-tailored CBT as part of interdisciplinary management, highlighting telehealth's role in overcoming access barriers.

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