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A scoring system for the assessment of bowel and lower urinary tract symptoms in women
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Hiller, Louise, Bradshaw, H. D., Radley, S. C. and Radley, S. (2003) A scoring system for the assessment of bowel and lower urinary tract symptoms in women. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 109 (4). pp. 424-430. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01236.x ISSN 1470-0328.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01236.x
Abstract
Objective: To develop a simple scoring system for a validated 22-item questionnaire used to assess bowel and urinary dysfunction in women. Setting: A urogynaecology clinic, a functional bowel clinic, a district general hospital and a general practice. Population: One hundred and one women referred with functional bowel and/or urinary symptoms and 131 asymptomatic controls. Methods: A user manual has been prepared. Individual responses to questions are categorised into normal and abnormal and odds ratio tests applied to reflect their sensitivity. Results: Scoring methods have been detailed, and appropriate and sensitive cutoff points defined. Conclusions: The use of this validated questionnaire is now aided by a user manual, facilitating health care evaluation research into the effects of pelvic surgery on pelvic floor symptomatology. A simple scoring system is provided, making the questionnaire a valuable and accessible research tool.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||
ISSN: | 1470-0328 | ||||||
Official Date: | 22 December 2003 | ||||||
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Volume: | 109 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 424-430 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01236.x | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
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