Pelvic floor muscle training versus watchful waiting or pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POPPS): Design and participant baseline characteristics of two parallel pragmatic randomized controlled trials in primary care

Maturitas

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-173

  Wiegersma, Marian ^a   Panman, Chantal M C R ^a   Kollen, Boudewijn J ^a   Vermeulen, Karin M ^a   Schram, Aaltje J ^a   Messelink, Embert J ^a   Berger, Marjolein Y ^a   Lisman Van Leeuwen, Yvonne ^a   Dekker, Janny H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor muscle training; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessaries; Pragmatic randomized controlled trial; Primary health care; Watchful waiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OPEN STUDY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERCEPTION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA PESSARY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; PRAGMATIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84893641143     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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