Van Haaps

Jun 12, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Amsterdam Reproduction |Van Haaps |Spaarne Gasthuis |van den IJssel

Infertility affects roughly one in six couples worldwide with the prevalence ranging between approximately 12.6% and 17.5% of the adult population. In the Netherlands, 11.4% of women wishing to conceive suffer from infertility. This can significantly compromise quality of life (van der Linden et al., 2004; Aarts et al., 2011; Cox et al., 2022). The most common causes of infertility include tubal pathology and pelvic adhesions.

Feb 16, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Van Haaps |Vrije Universiteit |Amsterdam Reproduction |Den Haag

We thank Dr Rao et al. (2024) for their compliments on our study titled ‘The effect of dietary interventions on pain and quality of life in women diagnosed with endometriosis: a prospective study with control group’ (van Haaps et al., 2023) as well as for their knowledgeable comments (Rao et al., 2024).

Nov 6, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Van Haaps |Amsterdam Reproduction

In the published article, there was an error.

Oct 24, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Van Haaps |Vrije Universiteit |Amsterdam Reproduction |Den Haag

What is the influence of dietary interventions, namely the low fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides, and polyols (Low FODMAP) diet and endometriosis diet, on endometriosis-related pain and quality of life (QoL) compared to a control group? After adhering to a dietary intervention for 6 months, women with endometriosis reported less pain and an improved QoL compared to baseline whereas, compared to the control group, they reported less bloating and a better QoL in 3 of 11 domains.

Oct 24, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Van Haaps |Vrije Universiteit |Amsterdam Reproduction |Den Haag

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus, and can be described as an estrogen-dependent, chronic inflammatory systemic condition (Becker et al., 2022). Endometriosis affects ∼10% of women of reproductive age worldwide. Symptoms associated with endometriosis can be cyclical, including dysmenorrhea, dyschezia and dysuria, and non-cyclical, including chronic pelvic pain, deep dyspareunia and infertility (Zondervan et al., 2020; Becker et al., 2022).