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At least one symptom was documented prior to diagnosis for 13\u2009202 women (66.7%), including 8073 (40.8%) with pelvic pain and 4371 (22.1%) with dysmenorrhea. The median time from first symptom documentation to first documented endometriosis diagnosis was 2.5 years (interquartile range, 0.9\u20135.6 years). The proportion of women for whom general practitioners requested pelvic ultrasound prior to diagnosis increased from 202 of 1068 of those diagnosed in 2011 (18.9%) to 1099 of 2259 women diagnosed in 2021 (48.6%). The proportions of women who received general practitioner prescriptions were larger during the five years after than the five years preceding endometriosis diagnoses for levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (odds ratio [OR], 1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.36\u20131.65) and non\u2010contraceptive progestogens (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.51\u20131.81), and smaller for oral contraceptive pills (OR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.45\u20130.50). The proportions of women prescribed opioids (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.29\u20131.42), tricyclic antidepressants (OR, 1.93; 95% CI, 1.77\u20132.11), and gabapentinoids (OR, 2.60; 95% CI, 2.30\u20132.91) were also larger after endometriosis diagnoses; the proportion for each medication type was highest one year after diagnosis, but then declined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings provide unique insights into the presentation and management of endometriosis in Australian general practice and could inform interventions for improving the clinical management of this often debilitating condition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5694\/mja2.70062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,15]],"date-time":"2025-10-15T19:46:53Z","timestamp":1760557613000},"page":"586-592","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The clinical presentation, investigation, and management of women diagnosed with endometriosis in Australian general practices, 2011\u20132021: an open cohort study"],"prefix":"10.5694","volume":"223","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6158-7376","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Danielle","family":"Mazza","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Monash University  Melbourne VIC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2897-6844","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kailash","family":"Thapaliya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute  Adelaide SA"},{"name":"SA Pharmacy, Flinders Medical Centre  Adelaide SA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5449-9861","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sharinne B","family":"Crawford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monash University  Melbourne VIC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alissia","family":"Hui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monash University  Melbourne VIC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maryam","family":"Moradi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monash University  Melbourne VIC"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luke E","family":"Grzeskowiak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SA Pharmacy, Flinders Medical Centre  Adelaide SA"},{"name":"College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University  Adelaide SA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_1_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization.Endometriosis. 24\u00a0Mar2023.https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\u2010room\/fact\u2010sheets\/detail\/endometriosis(viewed Dec 2024)."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","unstructured":"Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.Endometriosis in Australia 2023 (cat. no. 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