Responsiveness of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ) in women undergoing vaginal surgery and pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1492-1498

  Barber, Matthew D ^a   Walters, Mark D ^a   Cundiff, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessary; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Responsiveness; Vaginal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIC FLOOR DISTRESS INVENTORY; PELVIC FLOOR IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PESSARIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 33646117734     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.076     Document Type: Article

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