Daraï, C., Bendifallah, S., Foulot, H., Ballester, M., Chabbert-buffet, N., Daraï, E. (2017) 'Impact of osteopathic manipulative therapy in patient with deep with colorectal endometriosis: A classification based on symptoms and quality of life', Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2017 Sep;45(9):472-477.
Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2017 Sep;45(9):472-477.
Impact of osteopathic manipulative therapy in patient with deep with colorectal endometriosis: A classification based on symptoms and quality of life
C Daraï, S Bendifallah, H Foulot, M Ballester, N Chabbert-Buffet, E Daraï
Abstract:
Objectives: A prospective study to evaluate the clinical impact of osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) on symptoms and quality of life (QOL) of patients with colorectal endometriosis.
Methods: Forty-six patients with colorectal endometriosis completed the SF-36 QOL and symptoms questionnaire before and after OMT. A comparison and clustering analysis was performed to identify subgroups of patient's profile and symptom classification.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 32±6.2 years. Prior surgery for endometriosis was recorded in 73.9 % of cases but none for deep infiltrating endometriosis. About three-quarters of the patients were nulliparous. The time between pre- and post-OMT completion of questionnaires was 28 days (15-63), A significant improvement in SF-36 QOL physical component summary (P<0.001) and mental component summary (P<0.001) was observed after OMT. Similarly, a significant improvement in gynecological, digestive and general symptoms values was observed. A clustering analysis allowed to identify four profiles of patients with colorectal endometriosis based on symptoms and a respective OMT gain of 30 %, 60 %, 64 % et 45 %.
Conclusions: Our results support that OMT improve QOL and endometriosis symptoms of patients with colorectal endometriosis. Moreover, this symptom classification based on OMT gain can serve to design future randomized trial.
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