20.500.12556/ReVIS-13819 Ayurveda – the gateway to targeted prevention of endometriosis master's thesis of the second-cycle Bologna study programme Ajurveda – ključ v ciljno preprecevanje endometrioze Introduction: Endometriosis is a chronic disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus. The cause of endometriosis is unknown and there is no known prevention or cure. There are conflicting views and an overall lack of holistic research into the root cause factors of endometriosis. This research aims to uncover specific root cause factors that individually or in combination contribute to the initiation and progression of the disease, and if certain constitutions are more susceptible than others. Methods: The research was a retrospective questionnaire driven study. The same questionnaire was administered to two groups: experimental group and control group. Quantitative data analysis was undertaken to examine the association between the development of endometriosis and constitution, exposure to certain risk factors, stress levels, reproductive hormone therapy, and exposure to emotional trauma. Results: This study’s primary findings were that the Vata/Pitta body/mind constitution (prakriti) is most susceptible to developing endometriosis, and that increased exposure to some welldefined risk factors, through an ayurvedic medicine lens, in aggregate, significantly increase the risk of developing endometriosis. Conclusions: Ayurveda can play a key role in the prevention and treatment of endometriosis. The ayurvedic lens on risk factors is effective at getting to the root cause of disease. The ayurvedic understanding of the variance in mind/body constitution, known as prakriti, and how that impacts an individual’s susceptibility to disease facilitates a targeted prevention and treatment strategy. Endometrioza je kronična bolezen, pri kateri tkivo, podobno sluznici maternice, raste zunaj maternice. Vzrok endometrioze ni znan in ni znanega načina preprečevanja ali zdravljenja. Obstajajo nasprotujoča si mnenja in na splošno primanjkuje celostnih raziskav o vzrokih za endometriozo. Cilj te raziskave je odkriti specifične vzroke, ki posamično ali v kombinaciji prispevajo k nastanku in napredovanju bolezni, ter ugotoviti, ali so nekatere konstitucije bolj dovzetne kot druge. Metode: Raziskava je bila retrospektivna študija, ki je temeljila na vprašalnikih. Isti vprašalnik je bil uporabljen v dveh skupinah: eksperimentalni in kontrolni skupini. Izvedena je bila kvantitativna analiza podatkov za preučitev povezave med razvojem endometrioze in konstitucijo, izpostavljenostjo določenim dejavnikom tveganja, stopnjo stresa, reproduktivno hormonsko terapijo in izpostavljenostjo čustveni travmi. Rezultati: Glavne ugotovitve te študije so bile, da je telesna/umska konstitucija Vata/Pitta (prakriti) najbolj dovzetna za razvoj endometrioze in da povečana izpostavljenost nekaterim dobro opredeljenim dejavnikom tveganja, gledano z vidika ajurvedske medicine, skupaj znatno poveča tveganje za razvoj endometrioze. Zaključki: Ayurveda ima lahko ključno vlogo pri preprečevanju in zdravljenju endometrioze. Ajurvedski pogled na dejavnike tveganja je učinkovit pri odkrivanju vzroka bolezni. Ajurvedsko razumevanje razlik v konstituciji uma/telesa, znanih kot prakriti, in kako te vplivajo na posameznikovo dovzetnost za bolezni, omogoča ciljno usmerjeno strategijo preprečevanja in zdravljenja. endometriosis risk factors Ayurveda prakriti holistic approach endometrioza dejavniki tveganja ajurveda prakriti celostni pristop true false false D. Flood Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Magistrsko delo/naloga 2026-05-14 15:30:05 2026-05-14 15:30:05 2026-05-15 03:20:35 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 Maribor 2025 Maribor 102 str., [24] f. pril. 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 615.8(540)(043.5) 278205443 https://d.cobiss.net/repository/si/files/278205443/177717/Flood_Deirdre_md_2025.pdf 1 0555f87a-4f99-11f1-8a5a-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=16720 Flood_Deirdre_md_2025.pdf Flood_Deirdre_md_2025.pdf 1 4C2B60376BF4004ECA36553D4AA61EF1 c67d89eef17ff011c4d32bd9f6d498d935ef1810aaad76e327eb331e47d258ef 0b23b43f-4f99-11f1-8a5a-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=16721 Univerza Alma Mater Europaea 0 0 0