Operations and pelvic muscle training in the management of apical support loss (OPTIMAL) trial: Design and methods

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-189

  Barber, Matthew D ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^b   Menefee, Shawn ^c   Norton, Peggy ^d   Borello France, Diane ^e   Varner, Edward ^f   Schaffer, Joseph ^g   Weidner, Alison ^h   Xu, Xiao ⁱ   Spino, Cathie ⁱ   Weber, Anne ^j  

^a Women's Health Institute   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Behavioral therapy; Factorial design; Pelvic floor muscle training; Pelvic organ prolapse; Randomized surgical trial; Sacrospinous ligament fixation; Stress urinary incontinence; Uterine prolapse; Uterosacral ligament suspension; Vaginal prolapse

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT FIXATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTEROSACRAL VAGINAL VAULT SUSPENSION; UTERUS PROLAPSE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PROCEDURES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UTERUS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RESEARCH DESIGN; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UTERUS;

EID: 60249101925     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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