SynthesisReproductive health2021
The effect of women's body mass index on pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and meta analysis.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- PEOPLE: Lifestyle and comorbidities as risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse-a systematic review and meta-analysis PEOPLE: PElvic Organ Prolapse Lifestyle comorbiditiEs.International urogynecology journal · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-reported outcomes after hysterectomy due to pelvic organ prolapse versus other indications - a 10-year national follow-up study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Application of patient-reported outcome instruments in nonsurgical management of pelvic organ prolapse: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
- Obesity Is Independently Associated With Increased Risk of Fecal Incontinence and Altered Rectal Sensitivity.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Impact of Gynecological Interventions on Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Descriptive Analysis of a Case Series in a Hospital-Based Surgical Cohort of 832 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications Rate Following Elective Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery in Women with Severe Obesity: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Association Between Weight Change Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Weight Change During the Perinatal Period Among Chinese Women.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse in postpartum women: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Southwest China.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Lifestyle Modifications on the Prevention and Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse.International urogynecology journal · 2025Review
- Long-Term Assessment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse Reoperation Risk in Obese Women: Vaginal and Laparoscopic Approaches.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPelvic organ prolapse remains the public health challenge globally. Existing evidences report the effect of woman's weight on the pelvic organ prolapse inconsistently and this urges the need of pooled body weight effect on the pelvic organ prolapse. Although there was a previous work on this regard, it included papers reported before June 18/2015. Thus, updated and comprehensive evidence in this aspect is essential to devise strategies for interventions.
objectiveThis review aimed at synthesizing evidence regarding the pooled effect of body weight on the pelvic organ prolapsed.
methodsFor this review, we searched all available articles through databases including PubMed, Web of Sciences, CINAHL, JBI library, Cochran library, PsycInfo and EMBASE as well as grey literature including Mednar, worldwide science, PschEXTRA and Google scholar. We included cohort, case-control, cross-sectional and experimental studies which had been reported between March 30, 2005 to March 30, 2020. In the effect analysis, we utilized random model. The heterogeneity of the studies was determined by I2 statistic and the publication bias was checked by Egger's regression test. Searching was limited to studies reported in the English language.
resultsA total of 14 articles with 53,797 study participants were included in this systematic review (SR) and meta analysis (MA). The pooled result of this Meta analyses depict that body mass index (BMI) doesn't have statistical significant association with pelvic organ prolapse.
conclusionThis review point out that women's body mass index has no significant effect on the development of pelvic organ prolapse. However, the readers should interpret the result with cautions due to the presence of considerable limitations in this work. Trial registration The protocol of this systematic review (SR) and meta analysis (MA) has been registered in PROSPERO databases with the Registration number of CRD42020186951.
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