SynthesisBMC women's health2023
Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.
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- Stigma Profiles and Psychosocial Correlates Among Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Latent Class Analysis.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- The relationship between oral and dental health literacy and health-seeking behaviors: a multicenter community-based study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of Severe Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Massive Perineal Hernia in a Nulliparous Woman: A Case Report and Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Determinants of healthcare-seeking behavior among women with symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse in gurage zone.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Differences in help-seeking behaviour between males and females with multiple pelvic floor symptoms: A qualitative study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Associated factors and quality of life in women with urinary incontinence in southern Peru, 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Influence of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse on Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia-A Comparative Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionPelvic organ prolapse (POP) affects women's quality of life in various aspects. However, evidence on the healthcare-seeking behavior of women with POP is limited. Therefore, this review aimed to identify and synthesize the existing evidence on the healthcare-seeking behavior among women with POP.
methodsThis systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature on healthcare-seeking behavior among women with POP was conducted from 20 June to 07 July 2022. The electronic databases PubMed, African Journals Online, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, African Index Medicus and Directory of Open Access Journal, and Google Scholar were searched for relevant literature published from 1996 to April 2022. The retrieved evidence was synthesized using a narrative synthesis approach. The characteristics of included studies and the level of healthcare-seeking behavior were summarized in a table and texts. Error bar was used to show the variability across different studies.
resultsA total of 966 articles were retrieved of which only eight studies with 23,501 women (2,683 women with pelvic organ prolapse) were included in the synthesis. The level of healthcare-seeking behavior ranges from 21.3% in Pakistan to 73.4% in California, USA. The studies were conducted in four different populations, used both secondary and primary data, and were conducted in six different countries. The error bar shows variation in healthcare-seeking behavior.
conclusionsThe level of health-care seeking behavior among women with POP is low in low-income countries. There is substantial variability in the characteristics of the reviewed studies. We recommend a large-scale and robust study which will help to better understand the healthcare-seeking behavior among women with POP.
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