GPs’ perspectives on patients presenting with endometriosis symptoms: an interview study

Sólja Petersen; Ulrik Bak Kirk; Maria Pencheri; Sharon Dixon; Rebecca L Mawson; Birgitte Nørgaard; Michael Marcussen

doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086

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GPs’ perspectives on patients presenting with endometriosis symptoms: an interview study

Sólja Petersen, Ulrik Bak Kirk, Maria Pencheri, Sharon Dixon, Rebecca L Mawson, Birgitte Nørgaard and Michael Marcussen

BJGP Open 2026; 10 (1): BJGPO.2025.0086. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086

Sólja Petersen

1 Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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Ulrik Bak Kirk

2 Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

3 Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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Maria Pencheri

2 Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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Sharon Dixon

4 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Rebecca L Mawson

5 Division of Population Health, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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Birgitte Nørgaard

1 Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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Michael Marcussen

1 Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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GPs’ perspectives on patients presenting with endometriosis symptoms: an interview study

Sólja Petersen, Ulrik Bak Kirk, Maria Pencheri, Sharon Dixon, Rebecca L Mawson, Birgitte Nørgaard, Michael Marcussen

BJGP Open 2026; 10 (1): BJGPO.2025.0086. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086

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GPs’ perspectives on patients presenting with endometriosis symptoms: an interview study

Sólja Petersen, Ulrik Bak Kirk, Maria Pencheri, Sharon Dixon, Rebecca L Mawson, Birgitte Nørgaard, Michael Marcussen

BJGP Open 2026; 10 (1): BJGPO.2025.0086. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086

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