Priority 19 from the Endometriosis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Does life style affect endometriosis (e.g. food, exercise, stress, alcohol)? (JLA PSP Priority 19)
Overall ranking	19
JLA question ID	0051/19
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	No details yet available of evidence considered by this PSP
Health Research Classification System category	Reproductive health and childbirth

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Do certain foods eg. Dairy actually cause the development of the disease? ~ What factors, including lifestyle choices, increase the risk of developing endometriosis ? ~ Are people who have stressful lives more likely to develop endometriosis? ~ Does BMI increased your risk? ~ Is estrogen in food a big trigger for developing endometriosis? ~ If there any research findings to support the theory that changes in lifestyle, diet, increase in activity, having a positive attitude and complementary therapies help women with their pain and be able to cope better with their lives, what is the percentage of women who said these approaches work for them?
Submitted by	See spreadsheet of data on the JLA website for details of types of people who submitted questions

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

Do certain foods eg. Dairy actually cause the development of the disease? ~ What factors, including lifestyle choices, increase the risk of developing endometriosis ? ~ Are people who have stressful lives more likely to develop endometriosis? ~ Does BMI increased your risk? ~ Is estrogen in food a big trigger for developing endometriosis? ~ If there any research findings to support the theory that changes in lifestyle, diet, increase in activity, having a positive attitude and complementary therapies help women with their pain and be able to cope better with their lives, what is the percentage of women who said these approaches work for them?

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See spreadsheet of data on the JLA website for details of types of people who submitted questions

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0051
PSP name	Endometriosis
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	72 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	25 April 2017