IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS) e-ISSN: 2320–1959.p- ISSN: 2320–1940 Volume 5, Issue 5 Ver. VI (Sep. - Oct. 2016), PP 15-23 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/1959-0505061523 www.iosrjournals.org 15 | Page Raising Awareness of Working Women in Mansoura University Towards Endometriosis: A Follow up Study Dr. Samia M. Abd El-Mouty 1 , Prof. Adel Al_Wehedy 2 , Dr. Samia .I.Hassan 3 Community Health Nursing 1 , Faculty of Nursing, Public Health, faculty of Medicine 2 , Woman Health Nursing and Midwifery, faculty of Nursing 3 Abstract Background: Endometriosis not effortlessly analyzed than some other gynecologic illness, it is assessed that 176 million ladies endured worldwide and 2 to 17% of female amid their conceptive age had the disease influencing their personal satisfaction and life. Aim: The study aim was to raise the awareness of Mansoura University working women about endometriosis. Study Design: A quasi-experimental (before and after) design was exploited in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in different faculties of Mansoura University. Subjects: This study was conducted at the different Mansoura University faculties', from June to October 2015. The study subjects were included 160 working women in different faculties of Mansoura University. It distributed as the following: 20 women from theoretical, 80 women from practical faculties, and 60 women from medical faculties. A convenient sample technique was used. Tools: Self-administered questionnaire consists of two sections. The initial section: includes questions related to socio-demographic characteristics of working women such as age, education level, marital status and residence. Second section: includes ten items related to the knowledge of working women about endometriosis. Results: the age of study group was ranged between 23 to 55 years with average 37.31±8.02 years and the majority of them were married (83.1%). There is a significant change in the knowledge level of the studied women about all items of educational sessions regarding endometriosis at post education and follow up time compared to their knowledge before the educational sessions. Conclusions: The majority of the study group had poor knowledge level about endometriosis definition, appearance, causes, risk factors, diagnostic appraisal, treatment, as well as preventive measures. Constructing and implementing health educational attentiveness sessions about endometriosis indicated a major consequence in a notable rising of the participants' level of knowledge about disease. Key Words: Endometriosis, Gynecologic, Awareness, Knowledge. I. Introduction Endometriosis is particularly basic among ladies in their age of 30-40 years. It think about as an interminable disease happens when the tissue like the endometrium layer of uterus is available outside the uterus, where it initiates a perpetual fiery response that may bring about scar tissue. It is firstly present on the pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, recto-vaginal septum, bladder, and bowel.(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2010). World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF), assess that 176 million ladies all around, and in North America 8.5 million ladies are influenced with endometriosis, in spite of the fact that the correct pervasiveness rate still is not known as of recently. Most instances of endometriosis are happens in ladies ages 25-35 years, however the experience of these ladies are deferral in analysis of seven years from first giving side effects, such a variety of ladies have manifestations amid their young years.(World Endometriosis Research Foundation, 2015) As reported by Hummelshoj et al., (2006) that endometriosis is an exceptionally regular weakening disease influencing female amid their conceptive age. Around 25 to half of ladies are barren because of nearness of endometriosis. Later information show that the occurrence of endometriosis has not expanded in the most recent 30 years and stays at 2.37–2.49/1000/y, which likens to an inexact pervasiveness of 6–8%. Furthermore, (Laufer, 2012, Farquhar, 2007), stated that the predominance of teenagers' endometriosis has all the earmarks of being similar to grown-ups as 35–70% of cases giving unending pelvic suffering appeared to have pelvic endometriosis on laparoscopy, in spite of a few researchers consider it as a thought little of issue in pre or post-menarche young ladies. The correct reason for endometriosis is still obscure. Notwithstanding, it is profoundly probability that particular qualities assume part in building up the sickness (Painter et al., 2011). In this way, women with family health history of endometriosis have a higher danger of creating endometriosis. As respect in epidemiological studies that components connected with endometriosis as biologic element, conceptive and