Characteristics of patients seeking outpatient rehabilitation for pelvic-floor dysfunction
| Autor: | Jerome E. Mioduski, Dennis L. Hart, Ying-Chih Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Urologic Diseases medicine.medical_specialty Constipation Adolescent Urinary system Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Bowel functioning Pelvic floor dysfunction Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies Physical Therapy Modalities Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Pelvic pain Mean age Pelvic Floor Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Intestinal Diseases Outpatient rehabilitation Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Physical therapy. 92(9) |
| ISSN: | 1538-6724 |
| Popis: | BackgroundPelvic-floor dysfunction (PFD) affects a substantial proportion of individuals, especially women.ObjectiveThe purposes of this study were: (1) to describe the characteristics of individuals with disorders associated with PFD who were seeking outpatient physical therapy services and (2) to identify the prevalence of specific pelvic-floor disorders in the group.DesignThis was a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study of 2,452 patients (mean age=50 years, SD=16, range=18–91) being treated in 109 outpatient physical therapy clinics in 26 states (United States) for their PFD.MethodsThis study examined patient demographic variables and summarized patient self-reported responses to questions related to urinary and bowel functioning at admission prior to receiving the therapy for their PFD disorders.ResultsPatients primarily were female (92%), were under 65 years of age (39%: 18 to LimitationsBecause this study was a secondary analysis of data collected prospectively, the researchers were not in control of the data collection procedure. Missing data were common.ConclusionsData suggested most patients with PFD receiving outpatient physical therapy services were female, younger than 65 years, and had disorders lasting for more than 90 days. Combinations of urinary, bowel, or pelvic-floor pain disorders were not uncommon. |
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