Treating Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Review of the Research for Women - Consumer Summary | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program

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Treating Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Review of the Research for Women - Consumer Summary | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program

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Effectiveness of Treatments for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adult Women - Clinician Summary | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program

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Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness - Research Review - Final | AHRQ Effective Health Care Program

New Research Summaries Available on Chronic Pelvic Pain Treatment Options

AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program has release new consumer and clinician research summaries on noncyclic chronic pelvic pain.  The consumer summary, Treating Unidentified Chronic Pelvic Pain, and clinician summary, Effectiveness of Treatments for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adult Women, describe available evidence on chronic pelvic pain for patients and health care professionals to use when comparing treatment options. The publications are based on the review, Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness, which found that little evidence supports a surgical approach, despite the frequent use of invasive surgical procedures to treat women with chronic pelvic pain.  In conjuntion with the review and summareies, a new CME activity and faculty slide set are available on this topic.