Prevalence of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse in a Swedish population

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-503

  Tegerstedt, Gunilla ^a   Maehle Schmidt, Marianne ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^a,c   Hammarström, Margareta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICON AB   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Pelvic organ prolapse; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Stress urinary incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 27744436453     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-1326-1     Document Type: Article

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