Chronic Pelvic Pain Patient Data from a South African Tertiary Clinic, 2015-2019

116 women's clinical records from the New Somerset Hospital Chronic Pelvic Pain Clinic between January 2015 and January 2019. This retrospective descriptive study by Vayur Soobiah for a Master of Medicine thesis details demographics, surgical history, diagnostic findings, and management strategies. The cohort had a mean age of 38 years and a high mean pain score of 7.1, with 92.2% having undergone previous abdominal surgery.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the correlation between endometriosis diagnosis and surgical intervention rates based on reported surgical history.
• Studying the prevalence and types of dual pathology in chronic pelvic pain patients based on diagnostic findings.
• Evaluating patient follow-up outcomes and loss-to-follow-up rates in a specialized clinic setting.
• Investigating the distribution of laparoscopic findings (e.g., negative laparoscopy, endometriosis, adhesions) within a specific patient cohort.

Strengths

• 116 patient records from a specialized tertiary referral clinic.
• Specific cohort statistics are provided, including a mean pain score of 7.1 and a 92.2% rate of previous abdominal surgery.
• Data covers a defined 4-year period from January 2015 to January 2019.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and institutional bias inherent to a single clinic in Cape Town.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Vayur Soobiah.

Collection Method

Retrospective descriptive study extracting data from patient medical records.

Time Range

January 2015 to January 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 08:07:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cape Town, South Africa (New Somerset Hospital)