Vaginal wall descensus and pelvic floor symptoms in older women
Vaginal wall descensus and pelvic floor symptoms in older women
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DOI:
10.1097/01.aog.0000180183.03897.72
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发表时间:
2005-10-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Nygaard, IE
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作者:
Bradley, CS;Nygaard, IE
OBJECTIVE: To understand the clinical significance of early pelvic organ prolapse in older women, we studied associations between vaginal descensus and pelvic floor Symptoms.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 270 women enrolled at one site of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial completed a questionnaire modified from the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory on pelvic floor symptoms and underwent a Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) examination. We tested associations between symptoms (individual and grouped) with anterior, posterior, uterine, and maximum vaginal descensus.RESULTS: Mean age was 68 years. Ninety-six percent had POP-Q stages I or II. Only obstructive urinary symptoms and feeling a bulge were associated with vaginal descensus. Obstructive urinary symptom scores increased as anterior (P = .04), posterior (P < .01), and maximal (P = .01) vaginal descensus increased. Urinary incontinence or bowel symptoms were not associated with descensus of any vaginal compartment. "See or feel a bulge," reported by 11 women (4%), was associated with descensus in all compartments (P