A longitudinal follow up of women in their practice of perinatal pelvic floor exercises and stress urinary incontinence in North-East Scotland

Midwifery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-308

  Whitford, Heather M ^a   Alder, Beth ^b   Jones, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor exercises; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 34547834158     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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