Sexual function, delivery mode history, pelvic floor muscle exercises and incontinence: A cross-sectional study six years post-partum

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-311

  Dean, Nicola ^a,e   Wilson, Don ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a   Glazener, Cathryn ^b   Aung, Thiri ^d   MacArthur, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; Mode of delivery; Pelvic floor muscle exercises; Sexual function; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXERCISE THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLES; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 44849126045     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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