Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Disorders between Urban and Rural Female Inhabitants

Epidemiology of Pelvic Floor Disorders between Urban and Rural Female Inhabitants

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse in urban and rural women and to identify possible related factors. They were 1749 participants; one thousand four hundred seventeen (81%) urban women and 332 rural residents (19%). The urban and rural women were congrue...

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Veröffentlicht in:Collegium antropologicum 2007-04, Vol.31 (2), p.483
Hauptverfasser: Strinić, Tomislav, Buković, Damir, Roje, Damir, Milić, Nikša, Pavić, Mato, Turčić, Petra
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Sprache:eng
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pelvic organ prolapse
rural
urban
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse in urban and rural women and to identify possible related factors. They were 1749 participants; one thousand four hundred seventeen (81%) urban women and 332 rural residents (19%). The urban and rural women were congruently regarding to age, parity, using oral contraceptives and postmenopausal status. The urban women were more often obese (p
ISSN:0350-6134
1848-9486