Too often women suffer in silence - and when we do speak up and seek care, the brief clinical touchpoints at our doctor’s office only capture a fraction of the true picture of our actual health. Combine that with the all-too-common experiences of medical gaslighting, not being heard or believed, and structural and systemic health disparities - especially for those from low-income and rural communities and communities of color - and it amounts to an incredible number of hurdles to leap over in order to diagnose, treat, and successfully manage serious health conditions. It’s an unacceptable burden for individuals.
Evidation’s work is centered on a commitment to understand and better characterize health in everyday life because it is the everyday that makes up the majority of our health experiences. In the case of women’s health, our best option for managing our health and catching a potential health crisis early often relies on self-advocacy: doing our own research and providing our care team with as much detailed experiential data as we can to paint a holistic picture of our day-to-day realities.
I think we can do better. At Evidation, we work hard to illuminate what is currently unseen in healthcare, at scale, by making your data do the work of telling the story of what’s really going on - instead of you.
Evidation recently collaborated with Myovant on a survey to better understand the real-world experiences of women and individuals with uterine fibroids and endometriosis. A staggering 31% of those with endometriosis and 18% with uterine fibroids said they had considered quitting work or school because of their symptoms. It’s not just because of the physical suffering - but also the lack of appropriate accommodations, which is devastating. This is what inequity looks like. And it impacts some 19 million individuals with uterine fibroids and 7.5 million with endometriosis in the US alone. Imagine the human impact of these folks walking away from their education and careers because we don’t adequately understand and address their very real day-to-day suffering.
Evidation works across a wide variety of therapeutic areas. Women’s health is one we are particularly passionate about because we believe a deep, real-world understanding can enable proactive treatment and care, and encourage employers and educators to do what is right by their teams and students. To learn more about the unseen burdens people with endometriosis and uterine fibroids carry at work and school, read the press release.
