ArticleBMC women's health2019
Online reported women's experiences of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal birth.
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Accelerometer Measured Early Recovery After Prolapse Surgery
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A mixed methods systematic literature review of barriers and facilitators to help-seeking among women with stigmatised pelvic health symptoms.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Biopsychosocial profile of women with pelvic organ prolapse: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
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- A Qualitative Exploration of the Perceptions of Women Living with Pelvic Floor Disorders and Factors Related to Quality of Life.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Pelvic organ prolapse: Women's experiences of Accessing Care & Recommendations for improvement.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- Experience of Playing Sport or Exercising for Women with Pelvic Floor Symptoms: A Qualitative Study.Sports medicine - open · 2023Article
- Development and initial validation of a Swedish inventory to screen for symptoms of deficient perineum in women after vaginal childbirth: 'Karolinska Symptoms After Perineal Tear Inventory'.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Pelvic organ prolapse: The lived experience.PloS one · 2022Article
- Interaction and main effects of physical and depressive symptoms on quality of life in Korean women seeking care for rectal prolapse: a cross-sectional observational study.Korean journal of women health nursing · 2021Article
- Pelvic floor: vaginal or caesarean delivery? A review of systematic reviews.International urogynecology journal · 2021Review
- Do patients with central sensitivity syndromes have poor subjective outcomes despite anatomical cure from pelvic organ prolapse surgery?International urogynecology journal · 2021Article
- The assessment of quality of life and satisfaction with life of patients before and after surgery of an isolated apical defect using synthetic materials.BMC urology · 2020Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse among women in Sidama region, Ethiopia: A community-based survey.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundPelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a major public health problem with a relative high lifetime risk of surgery. The main risk factor for developing POP is vaginal birth. Many women become symptomatic later in life and most of the existing research on symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (sPOP) predominantly concentrates on the effects of the condition on postmenopausal women. However bothersome symptoms of POP can be reported as early as in women's 20s and may occur shortly after vaginal birth. Limited studies provide an insight into daily life of fertile women with sPOP. Thus, we aimed to explore fertile women's experiences of symptomatic pelvic organ (sPOP) after vaginal birth.
methodsAn inductive, text-driven approach was taken by selecting thread posts from an internet forum written by 33 Swedish fertile women who had experienced sPOP after vaginal birth.
resultsThe overarching theme "being irreparably damaged" was identified as representing an experience of being disabled by sPOP after vaginal birth. The fertile women experienced that their lives were ruined because of physical and psychological limitations caused by this unexpected, unfamiliar and unexplained condition. Living with sPOP impinged on sexual health, restricted daily and sports activities and affected the women's ability to fulfill everyday parental duties. This in turn compromised women's psychological health. In addition, the negligence of healthcare professionals who tended to trivialize and normalize the symptoms led to the belief that there were no sustainable treatments and that women would have to live with bothersome symptoms of POP for rest of their lives.
conclusionsThis study found that sPOP had a significant negative impact on fertile women's lives. The women indicated that they had not had the opportunity to voice their concerns and had not been taken seriously by healthcare professionals. It is of the utmost importance to acknowledge this problem and develop guidelines for prevention and management of sPOP to improve the quality of life for women.
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