Objective To identify the quality of life (QoL) assessment instruments related to the health of women with fecal incontinence (FI) or anal incontinence (AI). Data Sources Systematic review conducted in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), PubMed and Cochrane Library databases. The descriptors used were: Questionnaire, Questionnaires, Quality of life, validation, validation Studies, anal incontinence, fecal inconti...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the costs of hysterectomies performed in Brazil due to benign conditions, and to assess its hospital admittance and mortality rates. METHODS: A retrospective cohort was carried out from January 2010 to December 2014, analyzing all hysterectomies (n = 428,346) registered on the DATASUS database between January 2010 and December 2014. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire an...
Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions are common clinical conditions affecting women of multiple age groups and Urinary Incontinence (UI) is the most prevalent among them. It is estimated that one in four women has some type of urinary loss. During postpartum, higher rates have been described, estimated between 27 and 33%. Obstetric factors and advancing age have been established as some of the risk factors. However, the l...
Objective: To identify the most frequent type of urinary incontinence in women assisted in two outpatient clinics of urogynecology, and to compare general and specific quality of life among the different types of incontinence measured through validated questionnaires. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted at the urogynecology outpatient clinic. The following questionnaires were used for quality of life assess...