Expectations of treatment
A large proportion of patients expected that medical treatment would improve their symptoms, with 54% expecting an improvement in fertility, 78% expecting an improvement in pain, and 78% expecting an improvement in QOL (Table 1). Greater expectations were placed on the outcome of surgical treatment, with almost 90% of patients expecting an improvement in symptoms and quality of life following surgery. A majority (64%) expected an improvement in fertility (Table 1).