Is depression more likely after a hysterectomy at a young age for endometriosis-associated pain?
While the measurement scores of depression tests were no different for younger women having hysterectomies than for older women having hysterectomies, and no difference in the proportion of women seeking psychiatric counselling (22-25%), there was a much higher rate of reporting a sensing of loss in the years following hysterectomy. This is not surprising considering only 37.5% of the younger women completed their childbearing versus 84.6% of the age over 40 who completed their childbearing. Thus there are definitely some emotional issues that come up because of the hysterectomy at a young age. Am I more likely to have persistent pain than if I wait to have a hysterectomy at a later age? While the overall cure rate for pelvic pain was about 80-85%, younger women reported a higher rate of pain with bowel movements (18.8% vs 7.4%), more pain with sex (50% vs 17.4%), and even more pain with urination (18% vs 0%). This study cannot lead us to a reason for more pain except perhaps to suspec
