The impact of pelvic floor muscle training on the quality of life of women with urinary incontinence: a systematic literature review

A Radzimińska, A Strączyńska… - … interventions in aging, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this review was to assess the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle
training (PFMT) in the treatment of urinary incontinence (UI) in women, with a particular …

Interpretation of changes in health-related quality of life: the remarkable universality of half a standard deviation

GR Norman, JA Sloan, KW Wyrwich - Medical care, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Background. A number of studies have computed the minimally important difference (MID)
for health-related quality of life instruments. Objective. To determine whether there is …

Validation of two global impression questionnaires for incontinence

I Yalcin, RC Bump - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the construct validity of two global
assessment questions, the Patient Global Impression of Severity and of Improvement, in …

Phase 3 efficacy and tolerability study of onabotulinumtoxinA for urinary incontinence from neurogenic detrusor overactivity

D Ginsberg, A Gousse, V Keppenne… - The Journal of …, 2012 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We assessed the efficacy, safety and effects on quality of life of
onabotulinumtoxinA in patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Materials and …

On assessing responsiveness of health-related quality of life instruments: guidelines for instrument evaluation

CB Terwee, FW Dekker, WM Wiersinga… - Quality of life …, 2003 - Springer
A lack of clarity exists about the definition and adequate approach for evaluating
responsiveness. An overview is presented of different categories of definitions and methods …

Urinary incontinence in US women: a population-based study

JL Melville, W Katon, K Delaney… - Archives of internal …, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
Background Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common disorder that is increasingly important as
our population ages. Less is known about UI in younger women, and few large surveys have …

Further validation of the IBS-QOL: a disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire

DA Drossman, DL Patrick, WE Whitehead… - Official journal of the …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: There has been growing interest in the investigation of health-related quality of
life (HRQOL) among patients with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. We recently reported on …

Estimating clinically significant differences in quality of life outcomes

KW Wyrwich, M Bullinger, N Aaronson, RD Hays… - Quality of Life …, 2005 - Springer
Objective: This report extracts important considerations for determining and applying
clinically significant differences in quality of life (QOL) measures from six published articles …

Efficacy and tolerability of dapoxetine in treatment of premature ejaculation: an integrated analysis of two double-blind, randomised controlled trials

JL Pryor, SE Althof, C Steidle, RC Rosen… - The lancet, 2006 - thelancet.com
Background No drugs are approved for treatment of premature ejaculation. Our aim was to
determine the efficacy and tolerability of on-demand dapoxetine in patients with severe …

Factors associated with women's decisions to seek treatment for urinary incontinence

KS Kinchen, K Burgio, AC Diokno, NH Fultz… - Journal of women's …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
Background: Urinary incontinence is a highly prevalent and burdensome condition among
women. However, fewer than half of women with symptoms talk to a physician about …