Consultation about urinary and faecal incontinence in the year after childbirth: A cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 954-962

  Brown, S ^a,b   Gartland, D ^a   Perlen, S ^a   McDonald, E ^a   MacArthur, C ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; help seeking; pregnancy cohort; primary care; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; URINE INCONTINENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84930046141     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12963     Document Type: Article

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